McDowell names IRA Army Council members

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell said Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams along with colleagues Martin McGuinness and Martin Ferris were members of the IRA Army Council.

Mr McDowell said there were seven members of the council and that the IRA was increasingly trying to get involved in legitimate businesses - especially the communications industry.

Mr McDowell said many professions - solicitors, accountants and financiers - were also connected to the criminal operation north and south of the Border.