Gerry Adams, IRA and Keir Starmer

IRA victims brand Starmer’s Gerry Adams damages payout decision ‘offensive’
Forgotten victims’ say repealing Troubles legislation would be ‘perverse’ and ‘destabilise reconciliation within the legacy’
Government will try to block Gerry Adams payout - PM
Mr Adams has consistently denied being a member of the IRA. A clause in the act currently blocks payouts to him and about 400 other people also interned. Labour, which has begun the process of repealing the act, said the previous government's approach to legacy was "almost universally opposed in Northern Ireland".
How Keir Starmer sought damages for IRA terrorist as MPs pave way for Gerry Adams payout
The Prime Minister represented an IRA criminal and an armed robber years before his decision to repeal the Legacy Act.
Starmer to pay damages to Gerry Adams
Outcry from peers and IRA bomb victims as PM’s decision to repeal Troubles legislation means former Sinn Fein leader is in line for payout
Gerry Adams Troubles payout ‘repugnant’ - Austin Stack
Keir Starmer has said he would look at "every conceivable way" to block the former Sinn Féin MP and leader from receiving a payout.
Fury as Keir Starmer enables Gerry Adams to get taxpayer-funded compensation
Gerry Adams will be eligible for a bumper payout if Sir Keir Starmer 's Government scraps a block on compensation for people interned during the Troubles, a think tank has warned. And the daughter of a police officer killed by the IRA in 1983 has described the move as "highly unacceptable".
Kenny Donaldson says victims ‘horrified’ at potential for Gerry Adams to receive a payout from taxpayers
A victims campaigner says the victims of Provisional IRA terrorism “are horrified at the very suggestion that Gerry Adams could be a beneficiary of financial damages c/o the UK state and the taxpayers therein”.
Sir Keir Starmer says government will 'look at every conceivable way' to stop Gerry Adams payout
A thinktank backed by 16 peers has criticised the government's plan to lift a ban on compensation for unlawful detention during the Troubles.
Gerry Adams will be BLOCKED from claiming taxpayer compensation, Keir Starmer pledges following MP backlash
GERRY Adams will be blocked from claiming taxpayer-funded compensation if possible, Sir Keir Starmer pledged today following a massive backlash. The PM pledged to “look at every conceivable way”
Government will try to block Adams' compensation - Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer was speaking in the House of Commons after the Conservatives said it was "shameful" that repealing the Legacy Act could put Mr Adams in line for a "cheque". The Legacy Act presently blocks him - and many others interned without trial in the 1970s - from claiming compensation for unlawful detention.
PM responds as Badenoch slams 'shameful' Gerry Adams payout proposal
Conservative Kemi Badenoch said in the Commons it was 'shameful' Sir Keir is proposing to 'write a cheque to compensate Gerry Adams'. Sir Keir was grilled on the prospect of the former Sinn Fein leader receiving a payout during PMQs.
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Attorney general refuses to answer MPs on representing Gerry Adams
Richard Hermer KC asked about former Sinn Fein president during House of Commons justice select committee session.
Fury as ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in line for PAYOUT for being held during The Troubles under new Labour law
EX-SINN Fein leader Gerry Adams is in line for compensation — after Labour lifted a ban on Troubles damages. The former ...
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Gerry Adams: Trial date set for former Sinn Fein President to face IRA volunteers in court in civil action
This will be the first time that Mr Adams will be cross-examined in an English court. He will appear in person, about ...
Congratulations, Keir Starmer — you can add IRA victims to list of those you've betrayed
Just when you thought that Sir Keir Starmer couldn't offend the ordinary people of this country even more, the Prime Minister ...
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The courts must do as Parliament decides
In 2023, parliament blocked moves that would have allowed Gerry Adams and other IRA sympathisers to claim compensation for wrongful arrest. The former Sinn Fein leader had been interned in the early ...