Sinn Féin urges Blair to seek EU funds for peace

Peace and reconciliation projects in Northern Ireland and Border counties of the Irish Republic could be said to benefit from a new tranche of special European Union funding, it was claimed tonight.

Sinn Féin sources emerged from a Downing Street meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair optimistic that the British government would apply for European Union money which said had been set aside for peace and reconciliation projects.