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Michael McConville, the son of Jean McConville who was murdered by the IRA, speaks to the media at the Wave Trauma centre in Belfast, Thursday, May, 1, 2014. Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is still being questioned by police at Antrim police station after being arrested late Wednesday in connection with the murder of Jean McConville. (AP Photo)

Sinn Fein chief detained 3rd day over IRA killing

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

Boston College project cited in Gerry Adams arrest

Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 file photo, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams speaks to the media at Stormont Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland police say they have arrested Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on suspicion of involvement in the Irish Republican Army's 1972 abduction, killing and secret burial of a Belfast widow. Adams confirmed his own arrest Wednesday in a prepared statement and described it as a voluntary, prearranged interview. Police had been expected to question the 65-year-old Adams about the 1972 killing of Jean McConville, whom the IRA executed as an alleged spy. The IRA did not admit the killing until 1998. Adams was implicated in the killing by two IRA veterans who gave taped interviews to researchers for a Boston College research project. The Northern Ireland police took legal steps to acquire the interviews, parts of which have already been published after one IRA interviewee died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, file)

Sinn Fein leader arrested over 1972 IRA killing

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK - Associated Press

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson pauses as he speaks to the media at Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Robinson has welcomed the inquiry set up to look into the NI secret letters row and also said he was happy with the terms of reference for the inquiry. He had threatened to resign over the issue of 'On the Runs' - republican paramilitary suspects who were given assurances that they were not being sought by police. (AP Photo)

UK to open probe on secret deal for IRA fugitives

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK - Associated Press

England, Ireland play again _18 years after riot

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Investigator Desmond de Silva said members of the Northern Ireland police’s Special Branch and the army’s Force Research Unit recommended Pat Finucane as a target for assassins because he defended IRA suspects. (Associated Press)

British had role in Belfast lawyer’s killing

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

Prison officers carry the coffin of their slain colleague, David Black, to Molesworth Presbyterian Church in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The father of two was shot dead by suspected paramilitary Irish Republican Army dissidents in County Armagh on Thursday as he drove to work at Maghaberry Prison. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Thousands mourn N. Ireland prison guard slain by IRA

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, a former IRA commander, as First Minister Peter Robinson (center) looks on at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Prince Philip, the queen's husband, is at right. (AP Photo/Paul Faith, Pool)

History unfolds: Elizabeth, ex-IRA chief shake hands

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wave to thousands of people at Stormont estate in Belfast on Wednesday. The queen and the Duke of Edinburgh continued their Northern Ireland visit to mark the queen's Diamond Jubilee. (Associated Press)

Ex-IRA leader shakes hands with the queen

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greets well-wishers Tuesday as she leaves St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Her two-day visit marking her Diamond Jubilee is scheduled to include a meeting with former IRA leader Martin McGuinness for what many view as the symbolic conclusion to a decades-long conflict with the crown. (Associated Press)

Queen plans meeting with ex-IRA chief

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves a service of thanksgiving in Saint Macartin's Cathedral in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, are on a two-day visit to Northern Ireland to mark her 60 years on the throne. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Queen Elizabeth, ex-IRA chief face Northern Ireland peace milestone

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

** FILE ** Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive by carriage in the parade ring on the fourth day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting at Ascot, England, on Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Former IRA commander to meet Queen Elizabeth II

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Anthony McIntyre, a former IRA member is seen in Drogheda, Ireland, last week. Ed Moloney, a former Belfast journalist, and the former IRA member who collected the interviews, Mr. McIntyre, go to court on Tuesday in Boston seeking to persuade Judge William Young to let Boston College keep the audiotapes out of the hands of Belfast police who are probing the Irish Republican Army's 1972 killing of Jean McConville, the Belfast mother 10. (Associated Press)

Belfast police seek access to IRA tapes

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

U.K. to pay victims over 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

Despite bomb, queen visits Ireland on peace trip

By Gregory Katz and Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

Security, emotions high for queen’s Irish visit

By Gregory Katz and Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

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Irish constable’s funeral unites people in grief

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

King defends past IRA support, terror hearings

By Eileen Sullivan - Associated Press

Wreckage is scattered across a street in Armagh, Northern Ireland, after a car bombing outside a police station in April, as tensions between Catholics and Protestants increased. (Associated Press)

Irish nationalist militias step up attacks, recruitment

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Northern Ireland police wounded in riots

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press