Ahern urged to get tough on unionists

An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will today face Sinn Féin demands for the Irish and British governments to take a firmer line with unionists in an effort to revive power-sharing.

With Mr Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair believed to be working on a roadmap for the North's parties to get back to the Stormont Assembly, Sinn Féin leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness were preparing to meet the Taoiseach and deliver a "get tough" message.