Adams offers to meet parents whose children met brother

SINN Féin president Gerry Adams has offered to meet the parents of children who came into contact with his suspected paedophile brother when he was employed as a youth worker in Belfast.

Mr Adams made the offer during a BBC radio interview during which he said: “I’m not above reproach on this and obviously I would handle different issues differently because you learn more and more how to deal with these issues.”

Liam Adams, 58, is believed to be on the run in the Republic following the issuing of a warrant for his arrest by a Belfast court in November 2008.