Gerry Adams should have won an Oscar for his lifetime of denials

I START this morning by offering the mightiest congratulations to Adi Roche. Let’s hope that the Oscar-winning documentary about the Chernobyl Children’s Project wins thousands more converts to the cause to which she has dedicated her life and talent.

I know Adi well enough to know that her first reaction to being the centre of Oscar attention will be to seek to use it to save more lives.

But I hope she enjoyed the parties too nobody deserves it more.