Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen will jointly chair the review with Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson.
As it imposes ever harsher budget cuts, Brian Cowen's government can only dread the prospect.
The meeting happened to coincide with the second anniversary of Brian Cowen's election as taoiseach.
The prime minister, Brian Cowen, faces two crunches: the banks and the public finances.
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On Wednesday the President will meet with the Taoiseach of Ireland, Brian Cowen, at the White House.
Ms Harney's criticism follows Irish foreign minister Brian Cowen's strongly worded attack on the sanctions earlier on Thursday.
Brian Cowen, Ireland's beleaguered prime minister, survived a confidence vote in his leadership of Fianna Fail, the main governing party.
Foreign Minister Brian Cowen insists that Ireland will provide its support, and territory, to military action authorised by a second UN resolution.
Brian Cowen was, as expected, elected unopposed as Fianna Fail's new leader.
Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid met Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen at an Anglo-Irish Inter-governmental conference at Hillsborough Castle, County Down on Tuesday.
Minister for foreign affairs Brian Cowen had earlier described sanctions barring Sinn Fein ministers from attending cross border meetings as "disappointing and misconceived".
Mr Kenny said the motion reflected his deep-rooted belief that Brian Cowen should have sought a mandate from the people when he was appointed Taoiseach.
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen called on Fifa, football's world governing body, to order a replay, saying he would raise the issue with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a Brussels summit.
Mr Mandelson, speaking before a meeting with Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen, also said there was agreement that the IRA should re-engage properly with the the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning.
As the programme continued, the presenter, Pat Kenny, told the audience Sinn Fein could produce a man who had handed Mr Gallagher a 5, 000 euros donation after meeting the former Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
In a speech in the United States on Tuesday, Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen repeated Dublin's welcome for the re-appointment of UUP ministers to the executive and Mr Trimble's decision to seek re-election as first minister.
Others at the summit included Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, the Irish Taoiseach, or prime minister, Brian Cowen, Wales' deputy first minister Ieuan Wyn Jones, Welsh secretary Paul Murphy - who is representing the UK government - and Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness.
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