Dáil suspended as Taoiseach clashes with Adams

A bitter outburst of hostility between the Taoiseach and Gerry Adams forced the Dáil to be suspended yesterday as Sinn Féin put down a motion of no confidence in the Government.

Heated exchanges forced the Ceann Comhairle to order a temporary Dáil shutdown after Enda Kenny questioned the Sinn Féin leader’s knowledge of a notorious killing in the North during the Troubles.

The Taoiseach called on Mr Adams to “speak the truth about some elements of your past” as he brought up the 1972 murder of Jean McConville.