Ahern and Blair resume peace talks

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were today at the centre of a new round of crisis talks in a bid to clear the way for a restoration of the power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams are also heavily involved in the most intensive series of negotiations since the Good Friday Agreement was signed nearly five years ago.