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31/01/2008
Ahern To Hold Talks With Paisley In Ballymena
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is to hold political talks with Ian Paisley in his Ballymena constituency tomorrow.
The visit will act as a further sign of good relations between the two figureheads since their famous handshake in Dublin last year.
“In Ballymena Mr Ahern and Mr Paisley are expected to discuss political and economic developments in Northern Ireland and increasing cross-border co-operation with the Republic,” the Taoiseach’s spokesman said.
The two leaders will meet again next week at the Dublin Chamber of Commerce AGM where Mr Paisley has been invited as guest speaker.
The Chamber of Commerce engagement is the latest visit to the Republic by the DUP leader since the Assembly was restored in Stormont last May.
The Taoiseach invited Mr Paisley to the historic Battle of the Boyne battle site in Co Louth in July where the DUP leader presented a 17th Century musket to Mr Ahern.
Mr Ahern had previously given a 50th wedding anniversary present to Mr Paisley and his wife Eileen of a walnut bowl, crafted from a centuries-old tree taken from the battle site.
Last October Rev Paisley addressed the Trinity College Historical Society in Dublin and also attended a Chartered Institute of Arbitrators event in the Royal College of Physicians in the city in November.
(VB)
The visit will act as a further sign of good relations between the two figureheads since their famous handshake in Dublin last year.
“In Ballymena Mr Ahern and Mr Paisley are expected to discuss political and economic developments in Northern Ireland and increasing cross-border co-operation with the Republic,” the Taoiseach’s spokesman said.
The two leaders will meet again next week at the Dublin Chamber of Commerce AGM where Mr Paisley has been invited as guest speaker.
The Chamber of Commerce engagement is the latest visit to the Republic by the DUP leader since the Assembly was restored in Stormont last May.
The Taoiseach invited Mr Paisley to the historic Battle of the Boyne battle site in Co Louth in July where the DUP leader presented a 17th Century musket to Mr Ahern.
Mr Ahern had previously given a 50th wedding anniversary present to Mr Paisley and his wife Eileen of a walnut bowl, crafted from a centuries-old tree taken from the battle site.
Last October Rev Paisley addressed the Trinity College Historical Society in Dublin and also attended a Chartered Institute of Arbitrators event in the Royal College of Physicians in the city in November.
(VB)
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