Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson was tonight at loggerheads with Gerry Adams after launching a blistering attack on the Sinn Féin President.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader hit back at republican claims he was dragging his feet on talks linked to the transfer of policing powers to Stormont.
Mr Robinson accused Sinn Féin of blocking the work of the Northern Ireland government for their own advantage and said if they were serious about working together he would cut short his US holiday to chair a cabinet meeting.
'Gerry Adams is a block to progress,' he said.
'Instead of lecturing the DUP he should stop blocking the transaction of Executive business.
'The DUP will not be rolling over for him or any Republican.'
