Adams denies unmasked spy damaged his leadership

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams denied today that his leadership was damaged by sensational claims before Christmas that a trusted aide was spying on him and his colleagues, but has said "you are going to hear more of this" in the future.

After meeting a delegation of US Congressmen, Mr Adams dismissed as tittle-tattle speculation that other senior republicans would be unmasked as British spies following the revelation that Sinn Féin’s head of administration Denis Donaldson was working for military intelligence.