Gerry Adams said he was prepared to ‘wade up to my knees in Protestant blood to united Ireland’, ex-IRA man claimedGovernment questioned if claims were believable — while ex-Sinn Fein President now says he never made such a remark and has ‘always been avowedly anti-sectarian’Gerry Adams (right) taking part in an IRA ‘guard of honour’ at a funeral in Belfast in 1971 of a Belfast IRA commander. Sam McBride Today at 09:38Gerry Adams told a fellow republican in Long Kesh that he was prepared to “wade up to my knees in Protestant blood to a united Ireland”, that former republican comrade told British officials.

Source: Irish Independent April 10, 2026 15:09 UTC