Sinn Fein conference opens

Sinn Fein opened its annual conference in Dublin tonight with a series of question marks hovering over the party’s full involvement in Northern Ireland peace process.

As many as 2,000 representatives of the IRA’s politically allied group from both sides of Ireland’s border were due in the Irish capital for the three-day event at the prestigious headquarters of the Royal Dublin Society – and a record 324 motions featured on the agenda.