Gerry Adams denies claim Sinn Féin is run by IRA Army Council
The Sinn Féin leader has told the Dáil his party is not run by the IRA Army Council.
Gerry Adams has said his party is responsible to only one group; the Irish electorate.
Dáil proceedings this lunchtime have again been dominated by the PSNI assessment that the IRA Army Council exists, and that members of the IRA believe the Army Council also governs Sinn Féin.
But Gerry Adams has said Sinn Féin members have risked their lives by committing themselves to peace and said the claims by British security forces are simply not true.
“Sinn Féin is accountable to one grouping, that is the electorate. They are the people who give us our mandate… we are not accountable to any other group or organisation,” Mr Adams said.
