Gerry Adams says his first encounter with street politics came in west Belfast in 1964. ... There is an early image of him wearing thick-rimmed glasses and a black beret at an IRA funeral.

Gerry Adams’ reputation as a “peacemaker” suffered an “unjustified” attack when the BBC broadcast an allegation that he had sanctioned the murder of an informer, a civil case has been told.

Gerry Adams says his first encounter with street politics came in west Belfast in 1964. ... There is an early image of him wearing thick-rimmed glasses and a black beret at an IRA funeral.