Hardhitting IMC report leaves Sinn Féin punchdrunk and firmly on the back foot

Gerry Adams’s ‘no activities’ line is back to haunt him, says Political Editor Harry McGee.

It came a couple of days after Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams had promised that the IRA would engage in "no activities" which undermined the peace process or the Good Friday Agreement.

When news began to filter through an exasperated Adams came out with an attention-grabbing line: "What part of 'no activities' does the British government not understand?"