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

Gerry Adams tells high court he was stunned by 1996 Docklands bombing

Former Sinn Féin leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, also denies any prior knowledge of the attack Gerry Adams has told the high court he was stunned by the 1996 Docklands bombing as he denied being at the nerve centre of the IRA’s operations. The former Sinn Féin leader also denied having any prior knowledge of the bombing of the commercial district of east London, which shattered a 17-month old ceasefire. Continue reading...

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

‘I was stunned by what had happened’: Adams repeatedly denies claims he was a leading IRA member

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

By Ellen O’Riordan, Mark Hennessy

Adams' lawyer queries victims' delay in taking civil case

A lawyer for Gerry Adams has questioned why three IRA victims suing him for damages took so long to make their claims.

Evidence that Gerry Adams was behind IRA bombings is ‘bordering on non-existent’, UK court told

Evidence proving Gerry Adams was behind three IRA bombings in England is “extremely limited” and “bordering on non-existent”, the High Court in London has been told.

'Dogs on the street knew': KC quotes Say Nothing book as Adams faces more questions in court

The court also heard that Adams had “great admiration” for a former IRA “gunrunner”.