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| Sinn Fein clarify Liam Adams role | Sinn Fein clarify Liam Adams role |
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| Liam Adams was still involved in party work more than three years after formally leaving, Sinn Fein has said. | Liam Adams was still involved in party work more than three years after formally leaving, Sinn Fein has said. |
| He is facing allegations that he abused his daughter when she was a child. | He is facing allegations that he abused his daughter when she was a child. |
| Mr Adams, brother of party president Gerry Adams was said to have left the party in 1997. However, a Sinn Fein statement said he held a number of positions in Belfast after 2000. | Mr Adams, brother of party president Gerry Adams was said to have left the party in 1997. However, a Sinn Fein statement said he held a number of positions in Belfast after 2000. |
| Gerry Adams has been under pressure to explain his brother's role in the party since the allegations arose. | Gerry Adams has been under pressure to explain his brother's role in the party since the allegations arose. |
| In a statement on Friday, Sinn Fein said it had reviewed its documentation and held discussions with its members and leadership in a bid to establish the extent of Liam Adams involvement in the party in the aftermath of the revelations. | In a statement on Friday, Sinn Fein said it had reviewed its documentation and held discussions with its members and leadership in a bid to establish the extent of Liam Adams involvement in the party in the aftermath of the revelations. |
| It said the process had taken a number of weeks but added that information from a period in the 1990s was "not complete". | It said the process had taken a number of weeks but added that information from a period in the 1990s was "not complete". |
| "We have established that Louth Sinn Fein and the national party leadership, apart from Gerry Adams, was unaware of the allegation against Liam Adams," the statement said. | "We have established that Louth Sinn Fein and the national party leadership, apart from Gerry Adams, was unaware of the allegation against Liam Adams," the statement said. |
| Gerry Adams has previously confirmed that he found out in 1987 about allegations made by his niece that she had been sexually abused by Liam Adams while she was a young child. | |
| The Sinn Fein president said that he "moved" to expel Liam Adams from the party ten years later, when he found out that his brother was seeking to run as a candidate for his party in the Irish parliamentary elections. | |
| In Friday's statement, Sinn Fein also confirmed that Liam Adams served as chair of the party's Louth district executive for two and a half months in 1996. | |
| In addition they said he held the position of secretary for one month before this time. He was also nominated as education officer but he did not take up this position. | In addition they said he held the position of secretary for one month before this time. He was also nominated as education officer but he did not take up this position. |
| When the allegations about Liam Adams first appeared in in UTV documentary late last year, Arthur Morgan, a Sinn Fein member of the Irish parliament for Louth, said Mr Adams had never been a party officer. | |
| This week Mr Morgan said Mr Adams true role had "slipped his mind". | This week Mr Morgan said Mr Adams true role had "slipped his mind". |
| During the years 1998 to 2006, Liam Adams held various positions as a youth worker in a number of organisations in west Belfast. | During the years 1998 to 2006, Liam Adams held various positions as a youth worker in a number of organisations in west Belfast. |