Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams at the Royal Courts of Justice, in central London, where a civil claim against him was dropped. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PASinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has welcomed the decision by three IRA bombing victims to drop their civil action in the high court in London against him. In a statement issued on Friday afternoon, Adams said he welcomed the three men’s decision to drop the case against him and he had “attended the civil case out of respect for them. “This decision brings to an emphatic end a case that should never have been brought,” he said. He thanked “all of those who have expressed their solidarity with me and the Sinn Féin team which worked closely with me” as well as his legal team and his wife Colette and his family.

Source: The Irish Times March 20, 2026 14:27 UTC