Delegates to attend Sinn Féin Ard Fheis

More than 1,000 delegates are expected to attend the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Dublin later today for the address of party president Gerry Adams.

The outgoing party vice-president Pat Doherty has told delegates that Sinn Féin will not tolerate any slippage from the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement.

A number of leadership changes are due to be formally ratified including the accession of Mary Lou McDonald to the post of party vice-president.