SINN Féin TD Gerry Adams last night welcomed an apology from an Irish radio station which broadcast comments connecting him to the IRA murder of a Louth farmer.
Drogheda-based LMFM yesterday said that "we unreservedly retract these false statements" made against Mr Adams.
The remarks were made about the former Sinn Féin leader during interviews broadcast on The Michael Reade Show in February.
Tom Oliver was tortured and murdered by members of the Provisional IRA in 1991, after he reportedly passed information about the group to Gardaí.
His body was found in Belleek, Co Armagh.
In 2012, Drew Harris, then an Assistant Chief Constable in the PSNI, provided in writing the name of the IRA army council member he believed had ordered the killing.
In February this year, he was questioned about Mr Oliver’s case at a Dáil committee.
Mr Oliver's case was later raised in a discussion on LMFM by Independent TD Peter Fitzpatrick and Mr Adams also appeared on the programme.
He was asked if he believed his was the name given by Mr Harris and if he knew who had ordered the killing.
Mr Adams said it was "exceptional” that he would be asked such questions.
But yesterday, during the start of the LMFM radio show, an apology to Mr Adams was read aloud.
"On 14 and 15 February 2019, during interviews broadcast on The Michael Reade Show, a number of false and defamatory comments were made regarding Gerry Adams TD concerning the murder of Tom Oliver," the statement said.
"We unreservedly retract these false statements, which we acknowledge should not have been broadcast in the first place.
"We apologise unreservedly to Mr Adams."
Mr Adams welcomed the retraction and thanked his solicitor for his help in the case.
"I welcome LMFM's apology and its unreserved retraction of 'false and defamatory' comments that were made on the Michael Reade Show in February concerning the murder of Tom Oliver," he said.
"I want to thank my solicitor Paul Tweed for his efforts in this case."
