Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin has said there is a "world of difference" between party members having convictions for being in the IRA and gangland crime convictions.
It comes as the party continues to distance itself from former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall following the conclusion of the Regency Trial.
Mr Dowdall acted as a witness for the State in the trial investigating the shooting of David Byrne in the hotel in February 2016.
