A UTV Live report on the Sinn Fein special conference (Ard Fheis), held in Letterkenny, where the leadership of the party is directly addressing the Downing Street Declaration initiative. While Gerry Adams welcomes the new approach, he stated that there are still some difficulties with core issues. Peter Robinson of the DUP gives his response to the conference, arguing that there should be no role for either Sinn Fein or the Irish government in talks.

Meanwhile, Seamus Mallon of the SDLP challenges Sinn Fein over the IRA's continuing campaign of violence and also disagrees with Adams on some of his sticking points, reading out lines about self-determination from both the Downing Street Declaration and a statement released from the Hume/Adams talks, stating that he can see no material difference between the two.

An Ulster Television Production.