Taoiseach to hold talks with Paisley in loyalist heartland

Bertie Ahern will today become the first Taoiseach to visit the Ian Paisley in his heartland.

In a further sign of his dramatically improved relationship with the Government, the North's First Minister, who once threw snowballs at Taoiseach Sean Lemass during a visit to Stormont in 1965, will host talks with Mr Ahern in Ballymena.