SF 'confident republican's will back policing'

Sinn Féin will welcome any electoral challenge to it from republicans opposed to moves to get involved in policing structures in the North, Martin McGuinness claimed.

As Sinn Féin prepared for the fifth in a series of public meetings this week involving Northern Ireland republicans ahead of a special party conference to consider supporting the police, the Mid Ulster MP said his party had confidence in the electorate and its ability to see through the arguments of those criticising Gerry Adams.