Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams today signalled a major shift in the party’s strategy towards the Republic after their hugely disappointing performance in the General Election.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday said nationalists and unionists were closer in purpose and understanding now than at any time over the past two centuries.

CONFUSION among the public and grassroots Fianna Fáil is easy to understand given the mixed signals emanating from both Government and the country’s biggest party on the question of getting into bed with Sinn Féin.

IAN PAISLEY’S Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is ready to share power with Sinn Féin, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said.

The annual Wolfe Tone commemoration takes place in Co Kildare later this morning.