SF 'up to the task of getting rid of armed groups'

Sinn Féin is up to the task of getting rid of all armed groups in Northern Ireland as part of a collective effort, the party’s chief negotiator Martin McGuinness insisted today.

As the party gathered for the second day of its annual conference in Dublin amid continued criticism of continuing IRA activity, Mr McGuinness said attacks on Sinn Féin were motivated by its electoral rise on both sides of the border.