In his column (Irish Examiner, Oct 18), Matt Cooper seeks to rewrite the record of the events connected with a family tragedy to fit his own political opinion.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has described claims that he covered up for his convicted paedophile brother as “patently cynical and untrue” and says he’s become the victim of a witch-hunt.

Gerry Adams claimed today that he is being targeted by a "trial by media and a witch-hunt".