Thursday 17 July
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble meets Tony Blair in Downing
Street. Trimble expresses dissatisfaction with the arrangements
for arms decommissioning.
The British government is to authorise the sale of 16 Hawk
fighters to Indonesia worth £160 million, despite human rights
concerns.
Fianna Fáil is investigating how Charles Haughey used his
allowance when leader of the party in opposition.
Friday 18 July
26-County Foreign Affairs Minister Ray Burke flies to London for
a meeting with Mo Mowlam, where both governments stand over their
decommissioning proposals.
Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness go with proposals to the IRA
seeking a restoration of the 1994 ceasefire.
Bernadette Martin, murdered in a sectarian attack in Aghalee,
County Armagh, was buried in St Colman's Cemetery in Lurgan.
Albania's election results were confirmed by an electoral
commission, giving the Socialists 100 seats in the 155-seat
assembly.
Saturday 19 July
The Irish Republican Army announces that from 12 noon Sunday 20
July they would be calling a cessation.
Sunday 20 July
IRA cessation comes into effect.
The Afghan opposition alliance said its forces had taken
Charikar, a key town 40 miles from Kabul, as well as a nearby
airbase in a major rout of the Taliban militia north of Kabul.
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said Articles 2 and 3 of the 26-County
Constitution will be on the table in any talks about the Six
Counties.
Monday 21 July
David Trimble meets Tony Blair. UK Unionists walk out of talks.
Sinn Féin goes to Stormont seeking bi-lateral talks.
Talks continue to avert a bus strike in the 26 Counties, over
management's failure to consult unions on the implementation of
new Imp buses on provincial routes throughout the country.
Tuesday 22 July
Mo Mowlam admits the British government will lose its vote on
decomissioning at Stormont.
Rev Ian Paisley and a DUP delegation meet Tony Blair, after which
they announce they will be pulling out of the present process.
26-County Foreign Minister Ray Burke briefs EU counterparts on
the present state of the peace process.
Wednesday 23 July
The parties at the Stormont talks vote to reject the British and
26-County government's propoals for decommissioning.
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