Loyalists press Adams to be 'more open'

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams was today due to face calls from a loyalist political party to be more open about republicanism as Northern Ireland prepared for the return of direct rule.

Progressive Unionist Party members were due to gather in East Belfast at their annual conference and were expected to hear their leader David Ervine urge Sinn Féin to be more honest in the process.