Greens want SF to explain Cork gunman

THE Green Party has called on Sinn Féin to clarify the status of constituency activist Sean Kind, who got a six-year sentence yesterday in the Special Criminal Court for possessing firearms.

Green Party Deputy Dan Boyle said if Sinn Féin failed to properly disassociate itself from such criminality it would do itself and its members a disservice.

Sean Kind, described as a dedicated republican and anti-drugs campaigner, was jailed for six years yesterday for possession of firearms for an unlawful purpose.