The IRA does not bear responsibility for the wrongful incarceration of the Guildford Four, Birmingham Six and others for republican terrorism, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said.

The Irish Government began stockpiling food, blankets and hospital supplies 30 years ago to deal with a potential influx of up to 50,000 refugees from the North.

ELABORATE secret plans were drawn up in 1975 to cater for 100,000 refugees that the Government feared would flee from the North if the Troubles worsened.