Ahern delivers peace process message

Updated: 15:43, Thursday, 4 March 2004

The Taoiseach has delivered a strong message about what needs to be done to overcome the difficulties in Northern Ireland's peace process.

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1.00 News: Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, outlines Bertie Ahern's concerns over paramilitary activity in the North
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News At One: Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, reports on an increasingly strong anti-militarism tone in Bertie Ahern's words
News At One: Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, reports on an increasingly strong anti-militarism tone in Bertie Ahern's words

Speaking at Magee College in Derry, Bertie Ahern said the continuation of paramilitary activity by republicans prevents any prospect of achieving inclusive partnership politics in the North.

He also said that a policy of exclusion would not be workable.

  • News At One: Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, reports on an increasingly strong anti-militarism tone in Bertie Ahern's words

    News At One: Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, reports on an increasingly strong anti-militarism tone in Bertie Ahern's words

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