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Prime Minister Brown on NI visit Prime Minister Brown on NI visit
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown is making his first visit to Northern Ireland since taking over from Tony Blair at Downing Street.Prime Minister Gordon Brown is making his first visit to Northern Ireland since taking over from Tony Blair at Downing Street.
He will meet Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the leaders of the devolved UK governments at a summit of the British-Irish Council at Stormont. He will meet Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and the leaders of the devolved UK governments at a summit of the British-Irish Council at Stormont.
BBC NI political editor Mark Devenport said executive ministers are expected to call again for a peace dividend. Northern Ireland's executive ministers are expected to call again for a peace dividend at the meeting.
Strategic transport links in Britain and Ireland will also be discussed.Strategic transport links in Britain and Ireland will also be discussed.
The council is viewed by unionists as an important counter to the agreement's cross-border all-Ireland institutions.The council is viewed by unionists as an important counter to the agreement's cross-border all-Ireland institutions.
Since its first meeting in the 1990s, nationalists have come into power in Scotland and Wales and the DUP and Sinn Fein are dominant in Northern Ireland.Since its first meeting in the 1990s, nationalists have come into power in Scotland and Wales and the DUP and Sinn Fein are dominant in Northern Ireland.
BBC NI politicial editor Mark Devenport said: "As chancellor, Mr Brown played a central role in the negotiations which paved the way towards the restoration of devolution.BBC NI politicial editor Mark Devenport said: "As chancellor, Mr Brown played a central role in the negotiations which paved the way towards the restoration of devolution.
"Those talks didn't produce as much as local politicians wanted. But they did lead to a delay in water charges."Those talks didn't produce as much as local politicians wanted. But they did lead to a delay in water charges.
"Today, executive ministers will renew their call for a peace dividend. They will also present a paper on strategic transport links throughout Britain and Ireland.""Today, executive ministers will renew their call for a peace dividend. They will also present a paper on strategic transport links throughout Britain and Ireland."
The council brings together eight governments representing Westminster, Dublin, devolved nations, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man.The council brings together eight governments representing Westminster, Dublin, devolved nations, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man.