Gerry Adams denies being IRA member in historic London court appearance

Veteran Irish republican said he had ‘no involvement whatsoever’ in bombings in England during the Troubles

Being in Sinn Féin not the same as being in the IRA, Gerry Adams tells high court

Party’s former leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, says opponents have repeatedly tried to conflate Sinn Féin and IRA Gerry Adams has told the high court that opponents of Sinn Féin have repeatedly sought to conflate the political party he led with the IRA, as he denied ever being a member of the Irish Republican Army. Giving evidence in London watched by victims of IRA bombings, the 77-year-old, credited with helping to bring about the peace process that ended the Troubles, said ...

By Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Northern Ireland’s Gerry Adams tells bombings trial he was never in IRA

Gerry Adams, one of Northern Ireland’s most prominent political figures, told London’s High Court on Tuesday he had never been a member of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army but said he would not distance himself from the group. The ex-leader of Sinn Fein, formerly the IRA’s political wing ‌and now the largest party in the Northern Irish Assembly, became the best-known face of the movement seeking to end British rule in Northern Ireland. He later reinvented himself as a peacemaker after...

By Reuters

Northern Ireland's Gerry Adams tells court he wasn't in IRA

The former leader of Sinn Fein is accused in London's High Court of being responsible for Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacks in England. But Gerry Adams said he was never a member, instead calling them his "neighbors."

Gerry Adams tells London court he ‘had no involvement whatsoever’ in IRA bombings

Jerry Adams had earlier said that the ignorance of Irish history among British people is ‘shocking’

By Callum Parke

‘Sinn Féin and the IRA are separate,’ Gerry Adams tells UK court in rejection of charges

Former Sinn Féin president is being sued for ‘vindicatory’ damages of £1 in connection to IRA bombings

By Mark Hennessy, Ellen O’Riordan

Adams giving evidence at civil trial in London

Follow developments as former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams begins giving evidence in a civil trial at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

Gerry Adams ‘categorically’ denies IRA involvement as he gives evidence in London civil trial

Gerry Adams has begun his evidence at the High Court in defence of a legal claim against him by three men who were injured in bombings in England.

Gerry Adams begins evidence in London over alleged IRA membership

Adams wished the judge “a very happy St Patrick’s Day” after entering the witness box.