Q&A: The ramification of Sinn Féin's contact with hardline republican group Saoradh

The paramilitary contingent at the Saoradh Easter Rising March on Easter Monday in Derry.

Q. What’s this about Sinn Féin reaching out to a hardline republican group? 

A. The Sunday Times published an article saying that Sinn Féin had approached Saoradh, a hardline republican group linked to paramilitary organisation the New IRA about joining a wider political campaign to get a Border poll for Irish unity in the North.