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| Gerry Adams returns to campaign trail after four days in police custody | Gerry Adams returns to campaign trail after four days in police custody |
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| Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams will refocus on election campaigning on Monday as the political fallout from his release from police custody continues to reverberate around Stormont and beyond. | Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams will refocus on election campaigning on Monday as the political fallout from his release from police custody continues to reverberate around Stormont and beyond. |
| The republican party is holding a European election rally in Belfast with a similar event planned in Dublin on Tuesday, as Adams resumes the canvassing activities he claims his detention over the 1972 murder of mother-of-10 Jean McConville was designed to thwart. | The republican party is holding a European election rally in Belfast with a similar event planned in Dublin on Tuesday, as Adams resumes the canvassing activities he claims his detention over the 1972 murder of mother-of-10 Jean McConville was designed to thwart. |
| The 65-year-old politician was released from Antrim police station, pending a report being sent to prosecutors, after four days of questioning about the notorious IRA killing and other alleged links with the paramilitary organisation. | The 65-year-old politician was released from Antrim police station, pending a report being sent to prosecutors, after four days of questioning about the notorious IRA killing and other alleged links with the paramilitary organisation. |
| The decision to refer the case means the ultimate decision whether to charge him with any offence will be made by the public prosecution service at a later date after reviewing evidence presented by police. | The decision to refer the case means the ultimate decision whether to charge him with any offence will be made by the public prosecution service at a later date after reviewing evidence presented by police. |
| Adams has vehemently rejected allegations made by former republican colleagues that he ordered the notorious abduction and killing of McConville – denials he repeated again last night. | Adams has vehemently rejected allegations made by former republican colleagues that he ordered the notorious abduction and killing of McConville – denials he repeated again last night. |
| The rapturous welcome Adams received at the Balmoral hotel in west Belfast on his first public appearance following his detention was in marked contrast to the angry scenes outside Antrim police station as loyalists protested at his release. | The rapturous welcome Adams received at the Balmoral hotel in west Belfast on his first public appearance following his detention was in marked contrast to the angry scenes outside Antrim police station as loyalists protested at his release. |
| There was disorder in loyalist Sandy Row area of Belfast on Sunday night with petrol bombs and stones thrown, though no one was injured. | There was disorder in loyalist Sandy Row area of Belfast on Sunday night with petrol bombs and stones thrown, though no one was injured. |
| The former MP for west Belfast and now representative for Co Louth in the Irish Dail criticised the police's handling of his arrest but moved to dispel any suggestion that Sinn Féin's commitment to policing had wavered in the wake of the affair. | |
| His arrest on Wednesday triggered a bitter political row at Stormont, with Sinn Féin accusing an "anti-peace process rump" within the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) of orchestrating the detention with the aim of damaging the party ahead of the European and local government elections. | His arrest on Wednesday triggered a bitter political row at Stormont, with Sinn Féin accusing an "anti-peace process rump" within the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) of orchestrating the detention with the aim of damaging the party ahead of the European and local government elections. |
| This was angrily rejected by political rivals, whose fury intensified when senior Sinn Féin figures indicated that their support for the police – a critical plank in the peace process – would be "reviewed" if Adams was charged. | This was angrily rejected by political rivals, whose fury intensified when senior Sinn Féin figures indicated that their support for the police – a critical plank in the peace process – would be "reviewed" if Adams was charged. |
| Peter Robinson, the Democratic Unionist Stormont first minister, denounced those remarks as "bully boy" tactics. | Peter Robinson, the Democratic Unionist Stormont first minister, denounced those remarks as "bully boy" tactics. |
| Downing Street confirmed that David Cameron and Irish taoiseach Enda Kenny spoke yesterday to discuss the situation surrounding Adams' arrest. | Downing Street confirmed that David Cameron and Irish taoiseach Enda Kenny spoke yesterday to discuss the situation surrounding Adams' arrest. |
| Last night Adams questioned the timing of his detention and said police had unnecessarily used "coercive" legislation to detain and quiz him. | Last night Adams questioned the timing of his detention and said police had unnecessarily used "coercive" legislation to detain and quiz him. |
| But he added: "Despite this I want to make it clear that I support the PSNI, I will continue to work with others to build a genuinely civic policing service. | But he added: "Despite this I want to make it clear that I support the PSNI, I will continue to work with others to build a genuinely civic policing service. |
| "The old guard which is against change - whether in the PSNI leadership, within elements of unionism, or the far fringes of self proclaimed but pseudo republicans - they can't win. | "The old guard which is against change - whether in the PSNI leadership, within elements of unionism, or the far fringes of self proclaimed but pseudo republicans - they can't win. |
| "The dark side of the British system cannot be allowed to deny anyone, any of our people – Catholic, Protestant or dissenter – to their entitlement to a rights-based citizen society as set out in the Good Friday Agreement." | "The dark side of the British system cannot be allowed to deny anyone, any of our people – Catholic, Protestant or dissenter – to their entitlement to a rights-based citizen society as set out in the Good Friday Agreement." |
| McConville's son Michael called on Sunday for an independent investigation into his mother's death by a team from outside Northern Ireland to ensure that no "political pressure" is applied. | McConville's son Michael called on Sunday for an independent investigation into his mother's death by a team from outside Northern Ireland to ensure that no "political pressure" is applied. |
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