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Liam Adams, the brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, was before the High Court today for the first stage in an extradition hearing.

The 54-year-old appeared in court last Thursday over an attempt to extradite him to the North on 18 charges of the sexual abuse of his daughter, Aine Tyrell, including multiple counts of rape.