Sinn Féin Ard Fheis: Treading the line between cricket and royals

On Saturday, just as Sinn Féin’s long-standing president Gerry Adams was preparing his keynote ard fheis speech, senator Kathryn Reilly rushed to the stage to make two key announcements.

The first was expected — Mr Adams had been re-elected to the position unopposed once more.

The second announcement was altogether less predictable.