Adams had reputation of being in IRA Army Council, ex-attorney general says

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA) - (PA Wire)

Gerry Adams was “reputed to have become a member of the Army Council of the IRA”, a former attorney general has told his libel trial against the BBC.

Mr Adams is suing the BBC over what he has deemed to be a “grievous smear” made by a confidential source in a Spotlight documentary that alleged he had sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official who turned out to be an informant.