THE Dáil could be recalled over the summer to discuss the possibility of troops being sent to the Middle East as part of a United Nations peacekeeping force, foreign affairs minister Dermot Ahern said yesterday.

Mr Ahern confirmed he and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern had already discussed the extraordinary measure in advance of yesterday’s meeting of UN officials and member states in New York to discuss plans for the establishment of the multinational force in Lebanon. - Irish Examiner

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