Ahern and Murphy to discuss fall-out from Belfast raid
Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern is due to meet Northern Secretary Paul Murphy in Dublin today to discuss the latest setback to the Irish peace process.
The talks, which will also involve Justice Minister Michael McDowell, are expected to focus on PSNI Hugh Orde's statement that he believes the Provisional IRA was behind last month's £26.5m (€37.8m) bank heist in Belfast.
The accusation has effectively frozen the peace process, with unionists demanding that Sinn Féin be excluded from political life in the North as punishment for the IRA's alleged actions.
The IRA has denied involvement in the raid, but the Irish and British governments, as well as all other political parties in the North, have rejected the denials.
Speaking yesterday, Mr Ahern said Sinn Féin must decide whether it is committed to politics, while Mr McDowell has also engaged in a series of vitriolic attacks on the republican party over recent days.
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