Adams urges loyalist paramilitaries to follow suit

GERRY ADAMS yesterday urged loyalist paramilitaries to follow the IRA and ditch their guns.

The Sinn Féin president also challenged Democratic Unionist leader the Rev Ian Paisley to face to face talks in a bid to revive Northern Ireland's power sharing administration.

Mr Adams claimed the IRA's decision to abandon its armed campaign created an unparalleled opportunity which must be grasped by all sides involved in the political process.