Warm welcome for unionist at SF ard fheis

AN extraordinary moment unfolded last night when a unionist addressed a Sinn Féin ard fheis for the first time.

Raymond McCord Snr, whose son, Raymond Jnr, was killed by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in 1997, took to the stage at the RDS in Dublin to sustained applause.

There was warm laughter as Mr McCord told those assembled he would wear his own father’s orange sash while making his address.