Adams’ visit makes parties suspicious

SINN FEIN leader Gerry Adam’s visit to the killers of Garda Jerry McCabe in Castlerea Prison may trigger a fresh attempt by the party to seek early release for the men, Fine Gael and the Progressive Democrats claimed yesterday.

Both parties suspect Sinn Féin is trying to put the early release of the four IRA members back on the agenda, after a reference by Mr Adams to “unfinished business” for prisoners after he visited the men yesterday.

Mr Adams and the party’s Kerry North TD Martin Ferris met the four men convicted of Garda McCabe’s manslaughter to brief them on the IRA’s final act of decommissioning, expected this weekend.