Interviewed by Miriam O’Callaghan on RTE’s Prime Time Gerry Adams denied any knowledge about a string of murders believed to have been committed by the Provisional IRA.
Victims discussed included Garda Jerry McCabe, Garda Ben O’Sullivan, innocent farmer Tom Oliver and former Portlaoise chief prison officer Brian Stack.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/gerry-adams-repeatedly-denies-knowledge-of-string-of-ira-murders-29233240.html
The IRA later admitted killing the only prison officer murdered in the Republic of Ireland during the Troubles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23629928
Austin Stack, the son of the murdered prison officer had previously condemned Northern Ireland deputy First Minister for his evasiveness regarding IRA murders:
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/austin-stack-mcguinness-has-no-right-to-ask-me-to-move-on-from-the-horror-of-my-fathers-murder-by-the-ira-26781577.html