Adams urges calm on transfer of powers

The Democratic Unionist Party was tonight urged by Gerry Adams to calm down after a Northern Ireland Assembly committee failed to reach agreement on a date for the transfer of policing and justice powers to Stormont.

Adams urges calm on transfer of powers
Tue, 11 Mar, 2008 - 19:55

The Democratic Unionist Party was tonight urged by Gerry Adams to calm down after a Northern Ireland Assembly committee failed to reach agreement on a date for the transfer of policing and justice powers to Stormont.

The Sinn Féin leader claimed the Rev Ian Paisley’s party was going through a period of turbulence as it prepared for his retirement in May.

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