Adams dismisses 'nonsense' of retained guns claim

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams today dismissed as “nonsense” claims that the IRA has held back about 300 guns despite its commitment to a full de-commissioning of weapons.

Mr Adams, on his first visit to the European Parliament in Brussels, said he fully accepted the report of the independent de-commissioning body which had made it “very very clear” that all IRA weapons were now “beyond use“.