Brady-Paisley meeting - Talks point the way to better future

Both sides described as groundbreaking yesterday’s hour-long meeting between the Catholic primate Archbishop Seán Brady and the Rev Ian Paisley.

That such a meeting between two local Christian leaders could be described in such terms is indicative of the problems in the North.

Such meetings have been taken for granted elsewhere in the world for centuries. Yet, the fact that an amicable meeting took place provides real grounds for hope just days before crucial political talks, on restoring power sharing in the North, are due to begin at St Andrews, Scotland.