Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams appeared at London’s High Court on Monday for a civil lawsuit which aims to hold him liable for Irish Republican Army bombings in Britain, a case which could affect the prominent republican leader’s legacy.
Adams became Sinn Féin leader in 1983 when it was the IRA’s political wing, establishing himself as the face of the movement seeking to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
He later reinvented himself as a peacemaker after helping secure the 1998 Good…
Northern Ireland’s Gerry Adams in UK court for trial over IRA bombings
