When will SF show faith in democracy?

HERE’S a little sample, expressed as articles of faith, of the type of questions which Sinn Féin would only be too happy to answer, I’m sure.

Sat, 29 Jan, 2005 - 00:00

1. Do you renounce the IRA? And all its works and pomps?

2. Do you accept the legitimacy of the Dáil, in which five of your own representatives sit? As a corollary, do you accept our Garda Siochána? And do you believe in the authority invested in the Government by the people who democratically elected it?

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