Gerry Adams’ gun comments ‘insensitive’ and ‘inappropriate’

An international journalism association has hit out at comments made by Gerry Adams where he made light of the fact a gun was held to the head of a newspaper editor.

The World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) said they are “seriously concerned” about the remark.

In a letter addressed to Mr Adams, WAN-IFRA said they were writing on the behalf of the World Editors Forum, two groups which represent 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies. They said the comments “make light of violence against journalists” and could be considered a "veiled threat".