Blair set for push to restore Stormont

Dan McGinn

Talks have been going on between the British Government and Sinn Féin officials since. Mr Blair told Mr Adams at their last meeting in Chequers in January there could be no inclusive politics in the North while the IRA remained active.

Following Westminster and local election successes which saw Sinn Fein gain one MP and 18 council seats, Mr Adams said the vote had been an endorsement of his appeal to the Provisionals to consider embracing the democratic alternative.