I have been told by republican insiders that Liam Dominic Adams was hiding in an IRA safe house in the West of Ireland on the night that UTV aired its Insight documentary about the allegations of child rape and abuse being levelled against him by his daughter Aine and these allegations being supported by his brother Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams. It would appear that UTV had made every good effort to contact Liam Adams before airing their documentry and indeed Gerry Adams had tried to get Liam to return to north to face the outstanding charges. Gerry Adams had been advised that if Liam returned to the north and was charged then the UTV documentry could not have been aired.
From the outset Gerry Adams has done all in his power to try and cover his tracks, he has done all in his power to keep the Adams family secrets in the wardrobe, however, thanks to persistent good journalism as we have seen from the Sunday Tribune the skeletons just keep falling out of the Adams wardrobe. Indeed this weekend two senior members of the republican movement were dispatched from west Belfast to meet with Liam Dominic Adams in Galway. Gerry Adams has again asked his brother Liam Dominic Adams to return to the north and not to make a political circus out of the charges he faces. Liam has been told in no uncertain terms that he is doing untold damage not just to Gerry but also to the republican cause, at this point in time it is difficult to determine what that cause might be.
It is unknown to this Observer what Liam Dominic Adam's attitude to the latest deligation from HQ, however, Liam may well want to retaliate against Gerry for going on the Insight programme and in Liam's view denying him a fair trial. A long drawn out challenge to a European Extradition warrant will simply open the Adams wounds beyond repair, Gerry Adams knows well that the only way to put this dog to bed is to convence Liam to plead guilty to the charges and then no actual evidence will ever have to be given about what Gerry knew or did not know, we wait and see.
