Gerry Adams denies any IRA link to McGuigan murder

Sinn Féin has vehemently denied the IRA was involved in the Belfast murder last week of father-of-nine Kevin McGuigan.

In a statement last night, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams criticised those who he claimed “opportunistically and cynically seized on the killing of Kevin McGuigan in a deliberate effort to undermine Sinn Féin’s mandate” and the peace process.

“The killing of Kevin McGuigan was wrong and those who were involved in it are criminals who do not represent republicanism,” Mr Adams said.