Criminality no place in our ranks, says Adams

REPUBLICANS must be as strong minded in facing up to wrongdoing in their own ranks as they are with others, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said in his main address.

Mr Adams told delegates and guests to the SF conference in Dublin, including the five sisters of murdered Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney there was no place for anyone involved in criminal activity in republicanism.

But he also insisted republicans would not be labelled criminals in a campaign against SF.