Gerry Adams demands Arlene Foster step aside over plan

Gerry Adams has made clear Sinn Féin will not back down from its demand for Stormont First Minister Arlene Foster to stand aside to allow a probe into her role in a botched green energy scheme.

The Sinn Féin president warned the Democratic Unionist leader that she “is not a prime minister” and her position in one of the two leading roles in the powersharing administration depended on his party’s agreement.

Addressing party faithful in west Belfast, Mr Adams left little doubt that Sinn Féin will pull the plug on the institutions if Mrs Foster does not temporarily step down over the so-called ‘cash for ash’ scandal. That would likely prompt a snap election.