SINN FÉIN'S current electoral strength was in no small measure helped by 10 republican hunger strikers who died in the Maze Prison 25 years ago, party leader Gerry Adams acknowledged yesterday.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams will use today’s Ard Fheis address to declare power-sharing and party advancement as his main priorities for 2006.

SINN FÉIN’S chief negotiator Martin McGuinness last night warned Dublin and London not to allow Ian Paisley to block the road to power sharing.

The Easter Parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Rising will exclude all citizens from taking part, it was claimed tonight.

More than 2,000 Sinn Féin delegates gather in Dublin today to debate 500 motions at the party’s annual Ard Fheis.

Gerry Adams insists the majority of Sinn Fein supporters in the United States will back his visit to Cuba.

There was pressure today to review the IRA ceasefire after republican gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons on police and Protestant homes in north Belfast.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams is still considering a visit to Cuba this month despite the arrests of three suspected IRA members in Colombia, according to a spokesman.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams is still considering a visit to Cuba this month despite the arrests of three suspected IRA members in Colombia, a spokesman said today.

Sinn Fein will announce later today that it will postpone this weekend's ard fheis in Dublin because of the foot and mouth crisis.