London, Dec 16, 2024 (AFP) - Gerry Adams to stand civil trial in 2026 over IRA bombs

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Politician Gerry Adams, whose Sinn Fein party was once the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, will stand trial in 2026 in a civil case brought by IRA bomb victims, England's High Court ruled Monday. The case will go to trial between February and June 2026 and the former republican leader will defend himself, it was confirmed at a case management hearing at London's Royal Courts of Justice. "Finally after five decades, for the first time......

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