Protesters gather outside Sinn Féin Árd Fhéis

05/03/2005 - 18:16:43
Protesters gathered outside the Sinn Féin Árd Fhéis in the RDS to demand that the IRA steps down.

The protesters carried posters with the slogan 'Time To Go - Stand Down the IRA', aping the republican movement's slogan for British Troop withdrawal from Northern Ireland.

The small protest also featured posters saying 'No To Crime - Stand Down The IRA.'

Peace Campaigner Chris Hudson said: "What we are demanding is no more ambiguity, no more equivocation."

During the conference Sinn Féin's speakers have rejected claims that republicans are engaged in criminal activity.