Cahill controversy not a resignation issue, says Adams

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said there was "no possibility" of him resigning as head of the party following controversy over the handling of sex abuse claims within the republican movement.

Mr Adams said he still does not know if rape victim Maíria Cahill was subject to an internal “kangaroo-court”-style inquiry and forced to face her alleged abuser, as the 33-year-old Belfast woman claims.

While accepting she was raped, Mr Adams said Ms Cahill had “put words into my mouth that I never said, and said things about me which are incorrect”.