Hard-liners trying to 'undermine' power-sharing - Hain

Hard-line republicans who have forced Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness to step up their personal security are trying to undermine power-sharing plans for the North, Peter Hain said today.

After it emerged that senior Sinn Féin leaders, including the party's policing spokesman Gerry Kelly, have had to enhance their personal security measures after dissident republican threats, the Northern Secretary was certain the Sinn Féin leadership was committed to achieving peace and stability.