Article: Adams wins historic vote from Sinn Fein to back Irish police forces

A special meeting of Sinn Fein in Dublin yesterday overwhelmingly endorsed the recommendation of the president Gerry Adams and other party leaders to support in particular the police and justice system in Northern Ireland.

With Sinn Fein and Tony Blair both anxious to get a new devolved Belfast administration up and running as soon as possible, attention will now switch to Sinn Fein's potential partners in government, the Rev Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist party.

The next two months are expected to see a flurry of activity in the slow-moving peace process with an election expected to forge a new powersharing coalition by late March.

Yesterday's convincing Sinn Fein vote came after a ...

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