SF accuses DUP of hypocrisy

Sinn Fein has accused the DUP of gross hypocrisy over its refusal to share power with republicans because of alleged ongoing IRA activity.

The republican party has made a series of accusations, some of which cannot be reported for legal reasons, citing DUP links with the LVF, the UVF and the UDA.

They include an admission yesterday by PUP leader David Irvine that at least two current DUP councillors are former members of the UVF.

Sinn Fein has also pointed out that DUP members sit on the North and West Belfast Parades Forum alongside well-known members of the UDA and UVF.

The DUP is still refusing to share power with Sinn Fein due to what it claims is ongoing IRA criminality, despite independent assessments that the IRA is honouring its commitment to end all activity.

Sinn Fein is accusing the unionist party of gross hypocrisy on the issue, saying it has not used its influence to bring about and end to loyalist criminality and paramilitarism, as required under the Good Friday Agreement.