Blair welcomes SF efforts to address criminality issue

The British government has welcomed efforts by Sinn Féin to address the issue of IRA criminality, which has led to the latest deadlock in the Irish peace process.

Speaking at the party's Ardfheis in Dublin over the weekend, party leader Gerry Adams insisted that Sinn Féin had to oppose republican criminality as vehemently as criminality by its enemies and rivals.