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...probably already reached the end of his usefulness to Blair in Northern Ireland. He was brought back into government to manage the peace process after Blair dropped Mo Mowlam as Northern Ireland secretary. But Mandelson eventually ran into the same problems as Mowlam: She was regarded with suspicion by the loyalists, who began to bypass her and go directly to Blair. With Mandelson, it was the Republicans who lost confidence, but the result was the same - Blair ended up having to do all the heavy lifting himself. So Mandelson's resignation is not a loss to Northern Ireland peace process...
...infuriated British government, led then by John Major, protested the visa, calling it a naive reward for an unrepentant terrorist. Last month, though, as Adams ate a St. Patrick's Day lunch at the British embassy in Washington with Trimble, Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam was saying that "the Americans and President Clinton have been of incalculable help all along the way." What prompted the turnaround...
...process may receive an important nudge forward next week at President Clinton?s St. Patrick?s Day bash: The guest list includes Adams, Ulster Unionist David Trimble, British Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam and other parties to the talks. And no amount of diplomatic discussion can match the peacemaking potential of an after-dinner drink at a White House shindig...
...Mowlam, Britain?s secretary of state for Northern Ireland, wasn?t yet saying whether she?d ask for Sinn Fein to be kicked out of the Stormont talks. The Protestant terrorist group UDA was shown the door two weeks ago when it gunned down three Catholic civilians -- violating the all-important pledge of nonviolence. Sinn Fein spent Thursday protesting its innocence, perhaps a little too loudly. ?We do not speak for any armed group,? said leader Gerry Adams, denying what he?d always tacitly admitted -- regular contact with the Republican Army council. In a short statement, the IRA said...
...around Belfast that one of the mainstream Protestant paramilitary groups may have provided assistance to the L.V.F. in pulling off its New Year's Eve hit. But leaders of the parties with close links to the Protestant gunmen claim the L.V.F. is acting on its own. As annoyed with Mowlam as they are, these leaders want to isolate the extremists...