IRA’s contempt for McConville and family

There may be insufficient evidence to convict Gerry Adams of involvement in the abduction, torture, murder and disappearance of mother of ten children Jean McConville, but surely the leader of the Republican Movement knows who ordered and carried out the crime, even if the IRA denied it for almost 30 years.

Surely Mr Adams would know, or at least want to know — if not demand to know — who the sociopath in the ranks of the IRA was. Were there no questions asked? Was anyone held to account for what really was a “war crime”, as Jean’s son Michael has said?

Or was he rewarded, promoted, decorated, or given a political career as Sinn Féin tend to complain about in relation to the British army?