US EditionGerry Adams says he never held role or rank in the IRA
Three bombing victims sue Adams for alleged IRA leadership and responsibility in 1973 and 1996 attacks, seeking symbolic £1 in damages during a London civil trial.
- On Tuesday, Adams arrived at the High Court in London to testify in a civil case where victims seek damages for 1973 and 1996 IRA bombings. He wore a green tie and shamrock for St Patrick's Day.
- Former police and Army personnel allege intelligence material identified Adams on the IRA army council from the late 1970s until 2005. Retired colonel Richard Kemp claimed it was "inconceivable" Adams did not authorize the 1996 attacks.
- In a 20-page statement, Adams denied holding rank within the IRA, stating his work was political. Sir Max Hill KC questioned whether Adams defends IRA actions, to which Adams replied he does not support all of them.
- Claimants raised more than £100,000 through crowdfunding to bring the case. A pre-trial ruling bars Adams from recovering his legal costs from the claimants, even if he successfully defends the action.
- This is the sixth day of the trial heard by Justice Swift. Adams has faced previous questioning about his alleged IRA past at the 2019 Ballymurphy inquest in Belfast and a 2025 libel case in Dublin.
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Gerry Adams denies sanctioning IRA attacks on British soil
Gerry Adams, the former President of Sinn Fein, has denied sanctioning IRA attacks on British soil. Three men who were injured in bombings in England in the 1970s and 90s are suing him for a symbolic £1 at the High Court in London. They claim he was a leading member of the Provisional IRA at the time and responsible for the attacks. Gerry Adams has repeatedly denied ever being in the IRA.
It has had to be St. Patrick's Day, the most important holiday for the Irish, when the former leader of the Republican party Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams, considered for years the political arm of the terrorist organization IRA, has finally risen to the stand to give a statement before a British court. At 77 years old, the man who negotiated with the governments of London and Dublin the end of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, dressed in his lap…
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