Assembly talks 'a test of leadership'

The new round of talks aimed at reviving the Northern Ireland Assembly will be a test of leadership for the province’s politicians, Dermot Ahern insisted today.

The new round of talks aimed at reviving the Northern Ireland Assembly will be a test of leadership for the North’s politicians, Dermot Ahern insisted today.

Mr Ahern, who will join Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, for a series of talks with the Stormont Assembly parties said unionists and nationalists had a clear and stark choice to make for their constituents between progress and stasis.