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Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been arrested by the PSNI in relation to the abduction and murder of widowed mother of ten Jean McConville in 1972.

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He has released the following statement:

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An interview by Darragh McIntyre (above) was shown last November in the RTE/BBC documentary ‘The Disappeared’.

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[Sinead Ryan – Irish Independent and Sinead O’Carroll of thejournal.ie]

Minister of State Séan Sherlock in a late night tweet to journalist Sinead Ryan.

As seen on last night’s ‘Tonight with Vincent Browne’, Irish Independent journalist Sinead Ryan quoted from the Irish Examiner.

Seán Sherlock’s quotes came from his appearance on yesterday’s Six One News.

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In a speech at an NRA (National Rifle Association) event yesterday, one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (not Tina Fey) said with regard to America’s enemies:

“If I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptise terrorists.”

Why Sarah Palin’s Sacrilegious Torture Nostalgia Matters (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic)

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The 71-year-old was cleared of two counts and the jury at Southwark Crown Court was unable to reach a verdict on one other. He becomes the first person to be convicted under the high profile Operation Yewtree sex crime investigation.

Max Clifford guilty of string of assaults on teenage girls (Channel 4 News)

Meanwhile…

…in a clip not shown until today the publicist is seen creeping up on Sky News correspondent Tom Parmenter during the trial.

Pic: BBC/YouTube