WikiLeaks: Adams 'an IRA commander', ambassador told

The government had “rock solid evidence” Gerry Adams was a senior member of the IRA as recently as five years ago, according to the latest US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.

The Sinn Féin president and Martin McGuinness were also aware the £26.5m (€31m) robbery in the Northern Bank in Belfast of 2004, which was blamed on the IRA, was going to be carried out, officials in Dublin told the US ambassador James Kenny.