Ahern hails ‘signficant’ DUP talks move

The first-ever attendance of Democratic Unionist Party members at an Anglo-Irish institution set up under the Good Friday Agreement is very significant, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

The high-powered DUP delegation at the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body (BIIPB) convening tomorrow in Co Kerry will be led by deputy leader Peter Robinson and includes fellow MPs Iris Robinson, Nigel Dodds and Jeffrey Donaldson.