Enda Kenny: Sinn Féin ‘throwing aside’ democracy

Sinn Féin can talk the talk about democracy but are willing to "throw it aside" when it suits their political needs, the Taoiseach said as the row rumbled on over Thursday’s Dáil sit-in which brought parliamentary business to a halt.

Speaking in New York, Enda Kenny said it was “utterly reprehensible” for Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams to “cast aspersions about the freedom of the press to write their stories”.

Responding to comments by Mr Adams about a newspaper editor being held at gun-point, which have been criticised by the National Union of Journalists, Mr Kenny said: “To give any threat, implied or otherwise, I find is utterly reprehensible and disgraceful.