Sir, – Better late than never; but on whose behalf was Gerry Adams apologising for the brutal killing of Det Garda Jerry McCabe and the serious wounding of Garda Ben O’Sullivan (Home News/Dáil Sketch, January 30th)? The IRA’s? If so, did he deliver his quite significant statement with the explicit approval of that organisation’s “Army Council”? Perhaps P O’Neill would care to comment? – Yours, etc,