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Gerry Adams to address Sinn Fein ard fheis in Mayo Martin McGuinness in ard fheis attack on dissident republicans
(about 2 hours later)
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams will address about 2,000 delegates at his party's conference later. Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness has asked of dissident republicans "where were they, when there was a war".
On Friday night, Martin McGuinness told the conference unionists in the executive "who adopt a backward looking attitude" were "a greater enemy of the peace process than dissidents". The deputy first minister made the diversion to his speech at the Sinn Fein annual conference on Saturday.
He criticised unionist parties' response to the union flag crisis. Mr McGuinness said when he watched news reports of dissident parades involving men in their 30s, 40s and 50s he was "mystified" as to where they had been previously.
Mr McGuinness said they resorted to "the failed politics of the lowest common denominator". The ard fheis (conference) is being held in Castlebar, County Mayo.
In recent years Sinn Fein has been moving its ard fheis (conference) around Ireland - after Belfast and Killarney, this year it is being held in Castlebar in County Mayo. Mr McGuinness also said in the coming months, the party would review the operation of the political institutions in Northern Ireland.
Also on Friday, the Sinn Fein chair Declan Kearney said both main unionist parties had not shown the willingness to enter into dialogue on reconciliation. "We will consider all proposals which have the potential for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of government," he said.
However, Mr Kearney said Sinn Fein had been holding meetings with loyalist leaders to discuss their apprehensions and ambitions about the future. "Among these we include the size of the assembly, the number of government departments and the north-south institutions and joint working.
Delegates heard criticism of David Cameron's handling of the process, but there was a welcome for Labour's Northern Ireland spokesman Vernon Coaker - the most senior representative from one of the main Westminster parties to have attended a Sinn Fein ard fheis. "Inclusivity and power-sharing are the bedrock of the political institutions in the north. Any proposals for change will be meticulously proofed against both."
Mr McGuinness again criticised Prime Minister David Cameron during his speech.
"He had no answers on the mess his government has made on the issue of corporation tax and he had even less to say on the issue of what has become known as welfare reform," he said.
"Let me be clear, Sinn Fein will resist this onslaught on the most vulnerable. We will not tolerate the introduction of a 'bedroom tax'.
"We will deploy a petition of concern on this clause if it is brought to the floor of the assembly."
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams will address about 2,000 delegates at the conference later.