Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams added to the growing belief that the IRA are about to carry out an unprecedented act of decommissioning, saying it was going to honour its commitment to dump its arms in the “near future”.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said today the IRA was going to honour its commitment to dump its arms in the ’near future’.

Thousands of Sinn Féin supporters will gather in Dublin today to mark 100 years of the party as speculation mounts that the republican movement is ready to dump its arms.

The leader of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams is expected to make a keynote address on the Peace Process at a Rally for Irish Unity in Dublin City later today.