Leeds Castle Talks Cover Gamut of Issues
Transcripts on the Leeds Castle talks courtesy of the Northern Ireland Information Service.  [More]
 

Sources Indicate Possible Movement On IRA Weapons 
By The Irish American Information Service
An IRA pledge to make its biggest weapons disarmament has been drafted as the Northern Ireland peace talks enter a decisive final phase, sources said tonight. . [More]
 

DUP Faces Heat For No Resolution At Leeds
Authoritative sources in Dublin have said that during the Leeds Castle talks to restore devolution to Northern Ireland, the IRA had effectively promised to put all its weaponry beyond use by the turn of the year in return for firm DUP commitments to share power with Sinn Féin. [More]
 

British Intend To Change Assembly Rules
By Irish American Information Service
The British government intends to press ahead with changes to the way any future Northern Ireland Assembly is run. The details were contained in a speech which Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy had been due to deliver at the Labour Party conference in Brighton today. [More]
 

Dermot Ahern Appointed New Irish Foreign Minister
By Irish American Information Service
Irish Premier Bertie Ahern has announced the appointment of Dermot Ahern as his government's new foreign affairs minister. The prime minister made the announcement at the Irish parliament, the Dail, in Dublin today, as part of his cabinet reshuffle.. [More]
 

DUP In Dublin For Historic Meeting 
By Irish American Information Service
Irish premier Bertie Ahern and his new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Dermot Ahern, have begun historic talks with DUP leader, the Rev Ian Paisley, and his deputy, Mr Peter Robinson, at Government Buildings in Dublin.. [More]
 

Blair Urged To Stick To Inquiry Commitments 
By Irish American Information Service
A letter has been sent to British Prime Minister Tony Blair urging him to ensure the British government sticks to its commitments on inquiries into three controversial murders in Northern Ireland, it emerged tonight. [More]
 

Prime Minister Tony Blair And Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern Q&A
Transcripts courtesy of the Northern Ireland Information Service. [More]
 

Poll Indicates 94% of Unionism Supports Bush 
A poll taken by a Belfast newspaper indicates that Northern Ireland unionists support the re-election of President George W. Bush by a majority of 94% versus 6% support for Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry.. [More]
 

Kerry Beats Bush On Irish Scorecard
A report published today by a California-based human rights group called for the election of Sen. John Kerry for United States president based on his activity on Northern Ireland and Irish affairs. [More]
 

SDLP Recaps, October, 2004
Introduction:
During the negotiations at Leeds Castle and at Stormont last month the SDLP held firm for the Good Friday Agreement. We faced sustained pressure from the DUP, backed by the British Government, to agree to changes that would undermine the Agreement which we negotiated. [More]
 

Irish Racing Nation Opens its Membership
Irish Racing Nation is ready to expand its borders, offering chapter and individual memberships nationally — in the United States — and internationally, according to Manny Cadima, founder of the Louisville Thoroughbred Club and Irish Racing Nation. [More]
 

Gaelic Gathering First Ever at UWM
By Sherrie M. Baker
While others might have spent their Friday nights waiting for a table at a halfway decent restaurant, a group of savvy Irish Americans opted to be culturally entertained for the evening at Milwaukee’s first ever Tionol (Gathering). [More]
 

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