Adams drops US fundraising plan

[emad]

Guardian

Press Association
Wednesday March 2, 2005

The Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams, has abandoned plans to raise funds during a visit to the US next week, it was revealed today.
Mr Adams' trip, which is being undertaken amid the greatest crisis to face the republican party for years, is an apparent attempt to shore up support among Irish Americans.

Sinn Féin has been rocked by the fallout from December's £26.5m Northern Bank robbery, which has been blamed on the IRA, and the more recent murder of the Catholic Robert McCartney, whom IRA members have been accused of stabbing to death.

Mr Adams will be in the US on St Patrick's Day, but will not - unlike over recent years - be invited to the White House. Sinn Féin said it had been decided that a series of fundraising events during Mr Adams' trip would be changed into straightforward speaking engagements.

It is believed Irish republicans fear the Bush administration could decide to stop fundraising by the party in the current climate. Money from Irish-Americans has long provided a substantial boost to republican coffers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,1428541,00.html

[robcon]

1. At least being shown as a fraud and a liar has consequences

Adams' claim that Sinn Fein has no connection to the IRA has been exposed as a lie. Their joint bank robbery exposed it.

It's about time.

[Stella_Artois]

2. Now Now

There are plenty of IRA apologists on DU. They can't see that the IRA is as bad as any other terrorist group.

They'll be along in due course. Don your asbestos.