Irish Government undermining Peace Process to halt growth of Sinn Féin

SINN FÉIN leader Gerry Adams has accused the Irish Government of cosying up to MI5 and the British Government in order to try and halt the growth of Sinn Féin.

In a withering attack on the British report which claimed the IRA Army Council still exists - something flatly rejected by Sinn Féin - Gerry Adams said:

“The very people – in MI5 and in the old guard of the RUC - who produced the recent report, have also brought in a veto to stop the families of victims of British terrorism from getting the truth about what happened to their loved ones.”

Adams also noted the involvement of MI5 in some of the most notorious incidents of the conflict, including the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974 which killed 34 people, and the 1989 murder of human rights lawyer Pat Finucane.

“They are prepared to put the peace and political processes at risk in an effort to stop the growth of Sinn Féin north and south. These are the people some in this Dáil choose to believe; probably for the same reason,” he said.

Gerry Adams was also scathing in his analysis of Fianna Fáil leader Mícheál Martin noting that Fianna Fáil, who still refer to themselves as 'The Republican Party', have chosen to swallow MI5 propaganda while refusing to believe the Garda Commissioner.

“The responsibility of the Irish government and of the parties in this Dáil should be to support the efforts to make progress – not to place narrow self-serving party political objectives above the necessary process of change and progress,” the Louth TD said.