McConville daughter to fight Adams

THE daughter of one of the most infamous Disappeared victims of the Troubles has vowed to go head-to-head with Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams, for a Dáil seat.

Helen McKendry, one of murdered Jean McConville’s 10 children, and her husband Seamus said they are planning to stand in the Co Louth constituency solely to prevent Mr Adams from entering Leinster House.

The Sinn Féin president was named in a posthumous statement by former Provisional IRA Belfast commander Brendan ‘Darkie’ Hughes in the book Voices From The Grave last year as the man who ordered the 1972 kidnapping and murder of Ms McConville.