DUP man banned for Adams IRA claim

A member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was ejected from the North's Assembly chamber today for alleging Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams had played a leading role in the IRA.

Nelson McCausland was applauded by party colleagues as he left the chamber having been given a one-day ban for refusing to withdraw the remarks.

He made the claims during a debate yesterday on victims of republican violence whose bodies have yet to be recovered, though Mr Adams refuted the allegations made against him.