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| Garda Adrian Donohoe murder sparks political row over Troubles deaths | |
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| The funeral of a murdered Irish police officer is taking place amid a row over Sinn Féin's response to the killing of police officers on different sides of the border. | |
| Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe is being given a state funeral in Dundalk, County Louth, with Ireland's president, Michael D Higgins, and the taoiseach, Enda Kenny, among the mourners. | |
| The married father of two was killed while on escort duty at Bellurgan, Jenkinstown, near the border with Northern Ireland on Friday night. The 41-year-old was shot dead by a gang as they robbed the Lordship Credit Union. | |
| A nationwide man hunt is under way for the killers, whom the gardaí believe may have fled into Northern Ireland. | A nationwide man hunt is under way for the killers, whom the gardaí believe may have fled into Northern Ireland. |
| Several hundred gardaí, led by garda commissioner Martin Callinan, were to attend the funeral on Wednesday. Both houses of the Irish parliament will be adjourned as a mark of respect for the murdered officer. | |
| On Tuesday the Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams, used a debate in the Dáil about Donohoe's murder to express sympathy for the family of another Garda officer killed by the IRA in 1996. | |
| Adams said he deeply regretted the murder of Gerry McCabe during a botched robbery in Adare, County Limerick, 16 years ago. A number of IRA members accused of his murder were later found guilty of manslaughter. | Adams said he deeply regretted the murder of Gerry McCabe during a botched robbery in Adare, County Limerick, 16 years ago. A number of IRA members accused of his murder were later found guilty of manslaughter. |
| Senior Sinn Féin figures including Martin Ferry, a convicted IRA gunrunner turned member of parliament in County Kerry, greeted the IRA prisoners after their release from jail. | Senior Sinn Féin figures including Martin Ferry, a convicted IRA gunrunner turned member of parliament in County Kerry, greeted the IRA prisoners after their release from jail. |
| Unionists challenged Adams to also condemn the murder of police officers serving north of the border who died during the Troubles. Tom Elliott, the Ulster Unionist party's justice spokesman in the Northern Ireland assembly, said: "I regret to say that Gerry Adams's apology to the McCabe family and Garda Ben O'Sullivan, and to the families of other members of the state forces who were killed by republicans in the course of the conflict, is little more than a cynical attempt to minimise electoral damage. | |
| "In the first place, many people will be puzzled as to why Gerry Adams, who has of course consistently denied ever being a member of the IRA, should feel the need to apologise for the activities of a group of which he was never a member. Any apology by any representative of Sinn Féin and/or the IRA will naturally be received with a great deal of suspicion. | "In the first place, many people will be puzzled as to why Gerry Adams, who has of course consistently denied ever being a member of the IRA, should feel the need to apologise for the activities of a group of which he was never a member. Any apology by any representative of Sinn Féin and/or the IRA will naturally be received with a great deal of suspicion. |
| "When the IRA murdered Garda McCabe in 1996 it was Gerry Adams himself who denied that the IRA was responsible. No one was surprised when a court later convicted IRA members of this crime, and indeed Sinn Féin later demanded their release under the terms of the Belfast agreement." | "When the IRA murdered Garda McCabe in 1996 it was Gerry Adams himself who denied that the IRA was responsible. No one was surprised when a court later convicted IRA members of this crime, and indeed Sinn Féin later demanded their release under the terms of the Belfast agreement." |
| The UUP assembly member added: "The IRA murdered 300 RUC officers, and many other people, in Northern Ireland throughout the Troubles and their loved ones are still awaiting an apology. A sincere apology for IRA crimes would be a welcome start, but many will ask what use would an apology be from Gerry Adams on behalf of the IRA when he can't even admit to having been a member?" | The UUP assembly member added: "The IRA murdered 300 RUC officers, and many other people, in Northern Ireland throughout the Troubles and their loved ones are still awaiting an apology. A sincere apology for IRA crimes would be a welcome start, but many will ask what use would an apology be from Gerry Adams on behalf of the IRA when he can't even admit to having been a member?" |