ALL IN ORDER; Adams & PSNI agree to iron out problems.Byline: BY DAN MCGINN Daniel Michael McGinn (born November 29, 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), and later drafted by the Montreal Expos from TALKS between Sinn Fein Sinn Fein n. An Irish political and cultural society founded about 1905 to promote political and economic independence from England, unification of Ireland, and a renewal of Irish culture. and the PSNI PSNI Police Service of Northern Ireland (UK) PSNI Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland PSNI Professional Systems Network, Inc. focused on trying to build a better understanding of each other, Hugh Orde revealed yesterday. After emerging from four-hour talks, Chief Constable Sir Hugh and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams described their dialogue as constructive. The meeting followed hard-hitting criticism of each other's organisations in recent weeks. The Chief Constable said: "I am not sure there has been a disagreement. "There has been a frank exchange of views and I think that is what is healthy about policing in Northern Ireland. "We are prepared to have those discussions. We are prepared to agree to disagree Agree to disagree or "agreeing to disagree" describes or refers to a situation where two or more people or groups of people resolve conflict by reaching an agreement whereby both sides tolerate but do not accept the views, opinions or position of the other side. and to have a conversation to see where the common ground is, and the common ground today was around a greater understanding of policing by Sinn Fein and a greater understanding of what their communities want from us. "I think that is a really positive step forward." Last month Mr Adams expressed concerns that the PSNI may not be up to the job of civic policing following the murder of former republican prisoner Frank McGreevy. Sir Hugh hit back earlier this month at a Policing Board meeting, claiming Sinn Fein criticism of his officers was unfair. Yesterday Mr Adams said while the PSNI still had work to do there had been positive developments. The West Belfast MP added: "One of the things that we spent a lot of time dealing with in there is how the PSNI engage with nationalists and republicans. "I think we did do some good work there. Again, the PSNI is a police service in transition. "Clearly there has been progress - we would be the first ones to acknowledge that - and I have said on many occasions there has been progress. There have been positive things happening but there is some more work to be done." Delegations from the PSNI and Sinn Fein discussed police accountability, crime and antisocial antisocial /an·ti·so·cial/ (-so´sh'l) 1. denoting behavior that violates the rights of others, societal mores, or the law. 2. denoting the specific personality traits seen in antisocial personality disorder. behaviour, legacy issues from the Troubles and how the police could deliver an effective service to the nationalist community. CAPTION(S): TALKS Adams and Orde yesterday |
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