Parties demand election date answers

Pressure was mounting on the Irish and British governments today to state clearly whether assembly elections would take place in Northern Ireland amid increasing speculation that the government was about to call a halt to the campaign.

Pressure was mounting on the Irish and British governments today to state clearly whether assembly elections would take place in Northern Ireland amid increasing speculation that the British government was about to call a halt to the campaign.

Parties are becoming increasingly concerned that the British government would pull plans for the vote on May 29 after the apparent failure of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams’s latest attempt to explain the IRA’s position on the peace process.