Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has apologised for one of the party's TDs, who collected a man from prison in 2009 who had been convicted of killing a Garda.
Kerry North TD Martin Ferris collected Pearse McAuley from prison, after McAuley served time for the death of Garda Jerry McCabe in Co Limerick in June 1996.
In December, Mr Ferris said he had no regrets about his decision.
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It has emerged that the family of Garda McCabe says it would be an insult if a Sinn Féin representative was elected in Limerick.
Today Gerry Adams apologised to the McCabe family, for the offence caused by Martin Ferris:
