Efforts continue to lay groundwork for Leeds Castle talks

The Irish and British governments and the political parties from the North are due to continue an intense series of meetings today to lay the groundwork for make-or-break talks on the peace process later this month.

Sinn Féin and the SDLP are both in Dublin to meet the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, while a Democratic Unionist Party delegation is meeting British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London.