Gerry Adams holds his hands up in surrender

Gerry Adams holds his hands up in surrender



Gerry Adams: Unrepentant Irishman

Gerry Adams is such a respected statesman that it's hard to remember that his name was once inextricably linked with terrorist brutality. And yet – as the current outcry about compensation for IRA victims shows – such matters are also hard to forget. Johann Hari tries to dig out his true story

It is nonsense to blame Libya for the Troubles in Ireland. If this compensation claim for supplying Semtex is valid, then Britain and the US should pay compensation to all the victims of arms sold by the UK and the US.