"Adams is being sued in the civil high court in London by three surviving victims of IRA bombings, who want the judge to establish, on the balance of probabilities, that the former president of Sinn Fein was also a former senior IRA leader and so could be held personally liable for their injuries."
"For more than five decades, in defiance of the flat assertions of multiple former allies, foes and journalists that he had a senior operational role in the IRA during what he described in court as the war, Adams has insisted that he was never a member of the republican paramilitary group."
"Previous witnesses, including a former IRA bomber, former British army commander and former senior police and intelligence officers, have told the court that it is inconceiveable that Adams was not involved in authorising bombings, and that his previous denials lack credibility."
Gerry Adams, former Sinn Féin president, appeared in the Royal Courts of Justice on St. Patrick's Day for a civil case brought by three survivors of IRA bombings. The claimants seek to establish that Adams was a senior IRA leader, making him personally liable for their injuries. Adams has consistently denied IRA membership for over five decades, despite assertions from former allies, adversaries, and journalists. The case carries symbolic rather than financial significance, with claimants seeking only £1 in damages. Multiple witnesses, including a former IRA bomber, British army commander, and intelligence officers, have testified that Adams's denials lack credibility and that his involvement in authorizing bombings is inconceivable.
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