Adams calls for more effort from Blair and Trimble

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams was today continuing his visit to the United States, where he has called on the British Government and unionists to ‘‘knuckle down’’ and build on the IRA’s re-engagement with the decommissioning body.

Mr Adams told a St Patrick’s Night dinner in Atlanta, Georgia, he was disappointed the Government had not honoured its commitment to scale down the military presence in republican areas.