Bertie Ahern To hold talks with Bishops
The meeting, the first of its kind in over six years, was sought by the Bishops because the European Union is proposing the funding of embryo stem-cell research.
Next month, the Tánaiste Mary Harney will represent Ireland at a Council of Ministers meeting, where a final vote will be taken on whether or not to give €300,000 to stem-cell research.
A spokesman for the Bishops said the controversial compensation deal between 18 religious congregations and the last Government was not on the agenda so far.
