Adams urges supporters to take long-term view

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams today warned supporters that there are "no short cuts to independence", saying that republicans must address the issue of policing.

In his first engagement since Sinn Féin embarked on an internal debate on whether it should pledge its support to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), the west Belfast MP told a republican commemoration in Co Fermanagh that the strategy his party was pursuing was "risky".