There is “insufficient evidence” to pursue a prosecution against Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams in relation to the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, according to reports.

The son of Jean McConville has claimed Gerry Adams threatened a "backlash" if he named those he believed to be involved in his mother’s disappearance.

Gerry Adams has been warned of a "credible" death threat, Sinn Féin has said.

The son of murdered Belfast woman Jean McConville has called for an independent investigation by a team from outside the North so that no political pressure is applied.

A Sinn Féin MP has said the family of a woman abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1972 should feel free to co-operate with police in the pursuit of justice.

Jean McConville, who was abducted and murdered by the IRA, squealed as she was dragged away from her family, her son said.

The IRA’s killing and burying of victims accused of passing information to the British security services during the Northern conflict was cruel and unjustified, said Martin McGuinness.

IN December 1972 Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow with 10 children, was abducted, murdered and dumped in an unamrked grave by the Provisional IRA.

BRENDAN HACKETT was last night surprisingly named new Westmeath football manager.

GAA officials in Armagh have this evening confirmed the resignation of Peter McDonnell as Armagh senior football manager with immediate effect.

Peter McDonnell has been selected to replace Joe Kernan as manager of the Armagh senior football team.

Paul Grimley and John Rafferty are believed to be amongst the four men to have been interviewed for the vacant position of Armagh senior football manager.

Police in the North today apologised to an IRA murder victim’s family after a new report revealed it took them 20 years to carry out a proper investigation.

A mother of 10 who was abducted and shot dead by the IRA nearly 34 years ago was officially cleared today of allegations that she was an informer.

IN Crossmaglen, it felt like winter for the first time in five years. Michael McConville remembers the late 90's when the town didn't feel the season pass.

Crossmaglen Rangers' boss Michael McConville has defended Francie Bellew following the full-back's challenge on Mickey Linden, which led to the Mayobridge player-manager leaving the field after 14 minutes of the Ulster club football final.

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Oisín McConville has been rated doubtful for Crossmaglen for Sunday’s Ulster club football final.

Gerry Adams is to be challenged in a new move to force the IRA to clear the name of Jean McConville, it emerged tonight.

RELATIVES of IRA murder victim Jean McConville — shot in 1972 for helping a dying British soldier — were last night urged to unite around their mother’s grave.

Relatives of IRA murder victim Jean McConville – shot in 1972 for helping a dying British soldier – were tonight urged to unite around their mother’s grave.

Armagh star John McEntee has been advised to rest up for six months - but he is expected to defy doctors' orders and line out for Crossmaglen on Sunday.

The family of Jean McConville say they want to give her a Christian burial.

The IRA has insisted it has supplied all the information it has about people who have been missing in Northern Ireland since the Troubles.

IF the Provisional IRA has a heart — though many will doubt that proposition — then it is not too much to ask for its members to respond positively to a call by Michael McConville, whose mother Jean disappeared 31 years ago, for more information on where its missing victims are buried.

MICHAEL McCONVILLE vividly remembers the clothes his mother was wearing when she was dragged out the door of the family home more than three decades ago.

Preliminary post mortem results have shown the woman whose remains were found in Co Louth died of a single shot from a firearm to the head.