02/11/2007
Foreign Minister Heads North
The Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern is to appear at the Social, Democratic and Labour Party's (SDLP) annual conference in Northern Ireland.
An SDLP spokesman confirmed: "Mr Ahern will be attending the conference but we will have a number of other representatives from political parties north and south of the border as well."
The trip is very timely as Mr Ahern has taken charge of a special committee within Fianna Fail which has begun exploring whether the party should operate and organise on both sides of the border Irish border.
The three-day conference will get under way in Armagh tonight.
(BMcC)
An SDLP spokesman confirmed: "Mr Ahern will be attending the conference but we will have a number of other representatives from political parties north and south of the border as well."
The trip is very timely as Mr Ahern has taken charge of a special committee within Fianna Fail which has begun exploring whether the party should operate and organise on both sides of the border Irish border.
The three-day conference will get under way in Armagh tonight.
(BMcC)
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