Sinn Féin has taken in nearly €400,000 in donations after a fundraising dinner in the US.

Guests paid around €465 a head to attend the 'Friends of Sinn Féin' dinner in New York.

For their money, those who attended were treated to Irish music on the way in to the event, as well as speeches from Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald.

Gerry Adams at FOSF dinner in New York tonight. Next stop Toronto on Saturday night! "@sanepolitico: pic.twitter.com/XnxJ3Ey0WK"

— Friends of Sinn Féin (@FOSFCanada) November 6, 2015

Irish Central reports Mr Adams told the crowd that Labour and Fine Gael have "sent more Irish people in the last eight years, half a million Irish people, scattered throughout the world, not least here in the United States... because of their disastrous policies".

Mr Adams is travelling to Toronto for another fundraising event taking place tonight, with tickets for that event costing around €87.