The North's Deputy First Minister has questioned who the people are in dissident republican groups, questioning where they were "when there was a war".

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said that he is personally against a coalition with Fianna Fáil, but admitted that the party may have to consider it.

Labour MP and shadow Northern Ireland secretary of state Vernon Coaker is to attend Sinn Féin’s Ard Fheis.

The Independent TD Shane Ross has declared that he is calling for a no vote in the Fiscal Treaty referendum.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has used part of his Árd Fheis speech to campaign for a No vote in next week's fiscal treaty referendum.

Opposition to the Fiscal Treaty is set to dominate the second day of the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis.

Sinn Féin has delivered a message to Government saying the Irish people have had enough of cuts.

THE incoming vice-president of Sinn Féin, Mary Lou McDonald, has warned supporters the party has to re-examine how it sells itself to the public.

JAMES Monaghan one of the infamous Colombia Three who were convicted of teaching bomb-making techniques to Marxist guerrillas in the South American country, will tell his story in a book to be published next week.

The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis has voted heavily against changing its recent decision on supporting the police in the North.

DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson has said any new devolved government with Sinn Féin is likely to be "a battle a day".

The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis resumes at the RDS in Dublin today.

The pre-election party conference season continues today with the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Dublin.

The time for true and visible Sinn Féin support for policing has arrived, the Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists said tonight.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has welcomed the decision by the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis to support policing and the rule of law.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is embarking on the first in a series of public meetings across the North to consult republicans about his party's plan to endorse the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

A security alert is underway at the Mansion House in Dublin this morning following warnings that an unexploded device planted by loyalists 25 years ago may still be in the building.

The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis has voted decisively to give its leadership support in attempting to negotiate what it calls a "new beginning" to policing.

SINN FÉIN yesterday outlined a new policy direction on enterprise that would see corporation tax being increased from 12% to 17.5%, an all-Ireland approach to job creation, and the euro becoming the operable currency north and south.

ENDA KENNY has a recurring theme about bringing politics back to the people.

The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Dublin has passed a resolution demanding the immediate release of the killers of Garda Jerry McCabe.

Protesters gathered outside the Sinn Féin Árd Fhéis in the RDS to demand that the IRA steps down.

In his speech to the Sinn Féin Árd Fhéis in Dublin, the party’s leader, Gerry Adams, said Robert McCartney’s killers should come forward.

In a hard-hitting speech to the Sinn Féin Árd Fhéis this evening, the party's president Gerry Adams says the Government has let the people of the country down by failing on its obligations to the peace process.

There is a crisis of confidence in the republican movement which could destroy the Good Friday Agreement, it was claimed tonight.

LABOUR Party Leader Pat Rabbitte will today unveil what is being described as a major policy paper outlining his alternative blueprint for the future of the Irish economy.

What has the world come to? You can’t even get an infamous ‘Sniper At Work’ t-shirt or poster at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis.

The wife of one of the three Irishmen held in Colombia has told the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis that the families expect a verdict in the case within weeks.

The Sinn Féin Árd Fheis will hear a call this morning from Martin McGuinness, the party's chief negotiator, to fight for votes as never before in June's local and European elections.

SINN FÉIN TD Martin Ferris yesterday accused the Government of demonising his party as he says they are afraid of the gains the party will make in the upcoming local elections.

ON the face of it, it’s a tempting proposal. Withdraw public money from fee-paying schools so the taxpayer no longer has to pay for their teachers’ salaries.

The Sinn Fein Ard fheis has heard a call for the release of an IRA gang jailed in connection of the 1996 murder of garda detective in Co Limerick.

The Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in Dublin has heard sharp criticism of Fianna Fail and has endorsed its negotiators work in trying to break the deadlock in the peace process.

At today's Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in Dublin's RDS, delegates from the nationalist