Adams pleads with Paisley for face-to-face talks

GERRY ADAMS yesterday urged DUP leader Ian Paisley to hold face-to-face talks before the peace plan unravels.

The Sinn Féin president warned that exhaustive attempts to reach a power-sharing deal and achieve total IRA disarmament were reaching a defining moment.

The settlement foundered on the organisation’s resistance to its weapons’ destruction being photographed, but the Irish and British Governments have pledged to keep trying to resolve this final issue before Christmas.