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The following is the transcript of an interview on Irish television on Sunday with Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams.

Sinn Féin East Antrim Assembly candidate Oliver McMullen has accused the PSNI police of standing by as known Loyalists tore down Sinn Féin election posters in Glenarm.

An Ulster Unionist Assembly candidate attended meetings of the British white supremacist organisation the National Front, it has emerged.

A spokesman for Gen de Chastelain's Independent International Commission on Decommissioning confirmed the general and his fellow commissioners would resign if forced to reveal the extent of IRA arms moves without its agreement.

Talks to revive a deal for the full implementation of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement have suffered a fresh blow after Ulster Unionist leader, David Trimble, yesterday resurrected an old pre-condition on his support for a return of the North's local power-sharing institutions.

The claims of the informer Paddy Ward, who has been giving evidence to the Saville Inquiry, have been dismissed by Martin McGuinness as ``pure fantasy''.

The IRA apologised today to the families of the ``disappeared''.

The IRA apologised today to the families of the ``disappeared''.

It was confirmed on Monday that the remains found at Shelling Hill beach in County Louth were those of Jean McConville, who was killed by the IRA in 1972. Despite the IRA's efforts, the remains of six others who suffered a similar fate have never been recovered.

The IRA said it was sorry for the grief caused to family members for so long. It also insisted it had re-examined all available information and even revisited burial sites, in an attempt to find remains.

The IRA said it had acted in good faith and would continue to do so. The statement said: ``Our intention in initiating our investigation has been to rectify this injustice, for which we accept full responsibility.

``During the course of all of these searches we have continued to process all information that might assist in any way. So far the remains of four people have been recovered. We will do all that we can to bring closure for the other families.

``If further information comes to light we will assess and process that information,'' the IRA said.

When journalists and photographers wake up to a 7am announcement of an election date, there can be no denying the palpable buzz of excitement this creates. And when this happened on Tuesday and more of the day's events began to unfold, it did indeed look as though front pages the following day would read along the lines of `Historic Tuesday for the North'.

In a statement issued following the breakdown of the progress towards agreement on Tuesday, US Senator Chris Dodd expressed regret at the actions of David Trimble and urged that the elections proceed as scheduled. He said:

On Tuesday, republicans - both Sinn Féin and the IRA - delivered on their side of the agreed sequence of events involving unionists, republicans and the two governments.

Talks to revive a deal for the full implementation of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement have suffered a fresh blow after Ulster Unionist leader, David Trimble, yesterday resurrected an old pre-condition on his support for a return of the North's local power-sharing institutions.

At last, Assembly elections have finally been called.

Despite winning planning permission, Muslims in Craigavon have delayed building the first mosque in the Six Counties amid increased racist attacks in the town.

Two separate petrol bomb attacks on prison officers' homes have benn blamed on unionist paramilitaries.