Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has again insisted he was never in the IRA despite acknowledging that he was in a car crash in west Belfast in 1969 with a man who was described as being on “active service” for the paramilitary organisation at the time.
Questioned by lawyer Peter Coll, acting for the British ministry of defence, Mr Adams said he did not know at the time that Mr McParland was a local IRA commander in west Belfast. Mr Adams again insisted he was never in the IRA. “I was not a member of the IRA. I have never disassociated myself from the IRA and I never will until the day I die,” he told the inquest.
The inquest is examining how 10 of the victims died in west Belfast during Operation Demetrius, the introduction of internment without trial, in August 1971. “They handed over to the generals and generals do what generals do. The paratroopers were ordered to pacify and subdue and kill the enemy and the enemy in this instance were the decent people of Ballymurphy,” he said,
“However, I did witness aspects of the events in that area following internment; including the courageous rescue by local people of one young boy who had been shot by a British soldier,” he said.
Fuck me the man just keeps lying
But still never a member of the IRA, amazing stuff
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