Ruairi O Bradaigh's clout cannot be dismissed by Adams.

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday February 14, 2003 22:36 by Joe Mullins

Former chief of staff of the IRA, Ruairi O Bradaigh, in an interview with the London Times said that history did not stop with the signing of the Stormont agreement. Militant republicanism is alive and well he said. O Bradaigh, President of Republican Sinn Fein, said the overwhelming lesson of history is that there has always been resistance. The interviewer concludes that O Bradaigh's refusal to compromise his republican beliefs, his immaculate republican credentials and his international contacts have given him 'a clout that is difficult for Gerry Adams to ignore'