There is no agreement among republicans about whether Hughes was telling the truth. But Adams was, by common agreement, commander of the Belfast IRA at the time. At the age of 18, according to most accounts, he was sworn into D Company of his local brigade and rose to the top of the organisation. To put the abduction in context, in the year of Jean McConvilles abduction, 281 people were killed by republicans. Adams himself said: I had no act or part to play in either the abduction, the killing or burial of Jean McConville. Whatever the truth about the murder, the story of Jean McConville, as it is retold, will puncture Gerry Adams self-image as a champion of the oppressed among all but the most gullible or morally brain-dead. And it will raise questions over his continued Sinn Féin leadership. It also makes it less likely that he could ever be part of a coalition government south of the Border. Who knows what skeletons could suddenly emerge from a bog? Indeed. Who knows..? They arent going away you know.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:38:22 +0000
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