‘Game on’ for power-sharing deal in North, says Adams

SINN Féin president Gerry Adams last night declared it is “game on” for a power-sharing deal in the North.

The republican leader’s upbeat assessment came after an 80-minute meeting with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern ahead of crunch devolution talks in Scotland tomorrow.

The move added to the air of cautious optimism surrounding the St Andrew’s summit that a breakthrough deal on setting up a cross-community Executive at Stormont can be achieved before the November 24 deadline imposed by Dublin and London.