Gerry Adams’ compensation for past unlawful detention is largely a red herring. Getting information from the IRA and loyalists for victims is the real prize.

Hilary Benn was behind the decision to approve a law change that paves the way for Gerry Adams to claim compensation, Number 10 has confirmed. The Northern Ireland Secretary was the main actor ...

A thinktank backed by 16 peers has criticised the government's plan to lift a ban on compensation for unlawful detention ...

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said he had ... for his work for "any given client". "I did represent Gerry Adams on something unconnected to the legacy... at the same time I was ...

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has spoken out after the ... He took aim at the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 and said he will continue with efforts to ...

successfully challenged the legislation in the Northern Ireland high court, arguing that it was a breach of his human rights. Gerry Adams, left, and Martin McGuinness at the funeral of Patrick ...

Keir Starmer has insisted he will examine 'every conceivable way' to stop Troubles internees such as Gerry Adams from getting ... t supported by victims in Northern Ireland, nor I believe by ...

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said any compensation ... personally” by then secretary of state for Northern Ireland Willie Whitelaw. At the time of the case, the previous ...

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams delivered a graveside oration ... to fairness, and to an Ireland free of the scourge of sectarianism. “An Ireland where all of the Irish people, including ...

It comes as the current Labour Government is to repeal The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023.

Hilary Benn was behind the decision to pave the way for Gerry Adams to claim compensation, No 10 has said. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the Northern Ireland Secretary took the ...