SDLP and SF continue push for June election

The SDLP and Sinn Féin have both urged the Government to press for Assembly elections in the North next month when Foreign Affairs Minister Brian Cowen meets Northern Secretary Paul Murphy at a meeting of the British-Irish inter-governmental conference today.

The two men are expected to discuss how best to proceed following the cancellation of the elections scheduled for May 29 and the publication of their joint declaration on implementing the Good Friday Agreement.