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Fri 01 Jan 2009Adams plans to stay as SF leader despite reshuffle

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams has no intention of stepping down as party leader despite a number of changes among the party's top ranks that will be made at next month's party ardfheis.

Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald is relinquishing the party's chair to become Sinn Féin's first woman vice-president in place of Pat Doherty, who is standing down after 21 years.