A relative of one of the so-called "Disappeared" has criticised the Sinn Féin president following an appeal for the safe release of a British hostage in Iraq. Dan Keenan reports.
On Thursday Mr Gerry Adams appealed on the Arabic satellite channel Al-Jazeera for Mr Ken Bigley to be released.
Mr Adams is one of a number of Irish politicians appealing for Mr Bigley's release. He was taken hostage along with two US nationals earlier this month.
The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern; Mr Michael D. Higgins and Mr John Hume have been commended by the Bigley family for their assistance. Mr Bigley's mother is Irish-born.
However, Ms Anna McShane said Mr Adams should offer more assistance to the relatives of those killed during the Troubles and whose bodies have never been found.
Her father, Charlie Armstrong (57), a father of five, is thought to have been abducted, murdered and buried by the IRA in Crossmaglen, Co Armagh, in 1981.
"I have no real problem with Gerry Adams or any other politician calling for the release of an innocent man," Ms McShane said, "but I do feel Gerry Adams would be better suited putting more of his energy into locating and returning the bodies of the disappeared in his own country.
"We feel, as a unit, that Gerry Adams could do so much more to help our cases," she said.