Adams to lead party in Dáil

SINN Féin president Gerry Adams has said he has no intentions of taking a back seat in the Dáil or allowing one of the party’s experienced deputies to lead its parliamentary delegation.

He said that as party president he would also assume the leadership in the Dáil and he thanked Caoimhgín Ó Caoláin for his work during the last term.

“I am the president of the party so I will be the leader of this party,” he said.