Bush 'hampering NI peace process'

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said that the Bush administration is hampering the Northern Ireland peace process by restricting his party’s ability to raise funds in the US even after the IRA agreed to scrap its weapons.

Adams has been invited to the White House on Friday, a warmer reception than he got last year for St. Patrick’s Day, when the Bush administration refused to meet with him or any of the Northern Ireland party leaders in addition to cutting off Sinn Féin’s fundraising privileges in the US.