Sinn Fein set for 'confrontation' with Blair
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Sinn Fein, the most powerful Catholic party in Northern Ireland, said that it was steeling itself for a "confrontation" with Prime Minister Tony Blair following recent rows that have imperiled the peace process in the province.
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Gerry Adams will urge British Prime Minister Tony Blair to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from republican strongholds of Northern Ireland, the Sinn Fein leader said on Irish television.
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Sinn FÃ©in, the IRA&#39;s political wing, and the Democratic Unionists engaged in mutual recrimination yesterday in the wake of Wednesday&#39;s announcement by the British and Irish
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Sinn Fein leaders were in Downing Street as efforts to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland reached a critical stage.
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Proposals aimed at breaking the political stalemate are expected to be handed to the DUP and Sinn Fein.
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Sinn Fein's relationship with the IRA remained in the political spotlight today as the Irish government continued to insist that the Provisionals must go out of business for the peace process to continue.
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Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams says the latest Northern Ireland peace plan is being picked apart over minor details.
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The DUP wants to humiliate the IRA over its demand for visible decommissioning, Sinn Fein's chairman says.
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SINN Fein leader Gerry Adams and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness were today due to hold face-to-face talks with a Northern Ireland chief constable for the first time.
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The two governments are preparing to put their proposals aimed at breaking the political stalemate in Northern Ireland to the DUP and Sinn Fein.
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Sinn Fein, political ally of the IRA, has accused British security forces in Northern Ireland of bugging the home of a peripheral member of party leader Gerry Adams&#39; staff.
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Sinn Fein, political wing of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army, said it was determined to continue talks on the future of Northern Ireland despite the IRA being accused of carrying out a massive bank robbery last month.
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SINN FEIN is making contingency plans for a special ard fheis in expectation of an agreement with the DUP. Irish government officials believe that the party also will recommend to the IRA that photographs
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The British and Irish Prime Ministers are due to meet Sinn Fein in a bid to overcome the latest obstacle in the peace process.
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The DUP is seeking to humiliate the IRA over its demand for visible decommissioning, Sinn Fein's chairman has said.
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The DUP leader, Ian Paisley, will meet the British prime minister, Tony Blair, in London this morning. In Dublin at noon the Taoiseach will hold talks with Sinn FÃ©in&#39;s Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.
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Tony Blair will tell Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams today that republicans must sever all ties to criminal and paramilitary activity if they are to be involved in power-sharing in Northern Ireland.