North and south ministers to meet on joint issues

Northern Ireland MPs will be invited to sit on a special committee in the Dáil dealing with issues affecting them, Sinn Féin said today.

Sinn Féin’s leader in the Dáil, Caoimhghin O Caolain, said he and other party leaders in the Republic had received a letter from Taoiseach Bertie Ahern confirming plans to form a special committee focussing on issues affecting Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement which would involve the North’s 18 Westminster MPs from early next year.