Adams has always denied being a member of the IRA, and is fighting the case in the High Court in London. The former Sinn Féin president appeared at Court 16 – known as the Chancellor’s Court – shortly before the case began. Studd cited a 2010 interview with former IRA member Dolours Price, who was one of 10 convicted of the Old Bailey bombing. The three Troubles victims are also relying on claims by former IRA member Sean O’Callaghan that he attended IRA meetings with Adams in the 1980s. Adams is arguing that evidence shows Sinn Féin politician Gerry Kelly, not him, “dominated and controlled” the IRA in the 1990s.

Source: The Irish Times March 09, 2026 14:49 UTC