Yesterday the 27th of December 2009 I made my annual visit to Dundalk to visit family and friends, nothing could have prepared me for the depth of anger among local people directed at the leadership of Sinn Fein and in particular Gerry Adams. Since the UTV Insight programme gave an expose of Liam Dominic Adams and his brother - Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams the people have been constantly drip fed information about what Gerry Adams knew about his Father Gerry Snr and his Brother Liam's alleged rape and sexual abuse of children. Gerry Adams has sought sympathy by stating that he became estranged from his brother Liam once he knew that Liam had abused his toddler daughter Aine. However, yesterday The Sunday Tribune published a photo of Gerry Adams canvassing with his brother Dominic in Dundalk several years after Gerry had been told that his brother was a child rapist.
The continued exposure of Gerry Adams by the Sunday Tribune and other good media shows that Gerry Adams will tell what ever story that will keep him in his well paid political post. However, the writing is on the wall for Sinn Fein unless they take action against their leader. It comes as no great surprise to this Observer or indeed many other observers that Sinn Fein/IRA tolerated and facilitated the rape of children, in every parish where Sinn Fein/IRA have a foot hold Aine's story could be told a hundred times over. Yet Gerry Adams and his murderous comrades are not the only demons in this dark panto that is being played out on the stage of life. For decades sections of the media and political establishment remained silent while young boys and girls were brutalised by members of Sinn Fein/IRA, when children were taken out by politico-philes and beaten to within an inch of their life simply because they had told a teacher or social worker that they had been raped by a member of Sinn Fein/IRA.
Children and their families were told very clearly what would happen to them if they went to the authorities and reported members of Sinn Fein/IRA who had raped or sexually abused them. Many so called on the runs in the Republic were like Liam Adams simply running from their own demons. According to local republicans in Dundalk Liam was always to the fore when it came to dishing out punishment to young boys and girls who were engaged in 'anti-social behaviour', yes indeed Sinn Fein/IRA provided a known child abuser with all the tools necessary to ply his trade. Gerry Adams helped his brother Liam to hide his dark secrets, Gerry Adams only made a statement to the PSNI through his solicitor in 2007 when he knew the game was up, when he knew that Aine would no longer be silenced by the coward that is Sinn Fein/IRA.
Yesterday the people of Dundalk gave a new meaning to IRA and this meaning in its shakey, but carefully scribed words says it all.
