Three elected SF members ‘IRA chiefs’

THREE Sinn Féin elected representatives are also members of the IRA Army Council, Justice Minister Michael McDowell has claimed.

Mr McDowell did not name the three when speaking during a debate with Sinn Féin general secretary Robbie Smyth at Trinity College Dublin on Tuesday night.

The justice minister also made reference to party president Gerry Adams and reputed senior IRA member Brian Keenan, describing them both as people with a Marxist philosophy.