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Adams photo was a 'mistake' – TD
ALLEGATIONS WERE 'HANDLED BADLY'

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams pictured on the canvass at the Market Square in June 1997 with Sinn Fein General Election candidate Owen Hanratty (left), his wife Marie, former SF Councillor Fra Browne and on the right, Liam Adams
Wednesday February 03 2010
LOUTH TD Arthur Morgan has admitted that the now infamous photograph of Gerry Adams pictured in Dundalk with his brother Liam, who faces allegations of sexual abuse of his own daughter, was 'a mistake.' The photograph, which featured in the in June 1997, showed the Sinn Fein leader sitting in the sunshine at market Square with his brother, who it has since emerged, he knew at the time was facing sexual abuse allegations.