SF organising Belfast rallies to oppose 'criminalisation' of the party

Sinn Féin is organising a series of rallies across the North to oppose what the party has described as attempts to criminalise it.

This afternoon, thousands of letters from the party president Gerry Adams were circulated in nationalist areas of Belfast and elsewhere inviting people to the rallies.

The letter said that the party’s opponents wanted to roll back republican advances.

The Belfast rally on Monday night will be held at a city centre hotel and will be addressed by Martin McGuinness.