Adams ups collusion claims

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams yesterday accused the British Government of doing nothing in response to revelations that members of the security services colluded with loyalist paramilitiaries to kill nationalists.

Mr Adams, addressing a republican rally at Belfast City Hall, said the findings of the Stevens Report into the murder of Catholic solicitor Pat Finucane was the first official recognition of a strategy of state-sponsored killings.

“What happened? Was there an immediate inquiry? Did governments fall? Were politicians, former prime ministers called to boot? Were those running these services called to account? No.”