Adams brands McCartney killers 'cowards'

The killers of Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney were today branded cowards by Gerry Adams for failing to face up to what they had done.

In a stinging rebuke for those who carried out the January 30 murder outside a Belfast city centre bar, Mr Adams warned he would not let the issue go “until those who have sullied the republican cause are made to account for their actions”.