A former hunger striker has defended Gerry Adams's position on the Disappeared but said he would "plead the fifth Amendment" on whether the Sinn fein president was in the IrA. Writer Laurence McKeown (57), right, insisted that the Louth TD and party leadership have "tried in a very forthright way to deal with issues, Disappeared or otherwise''. The Randalstown native was speaking after the republic's Justice Minister Alan Shatter suggested there was an "enormous credibility gap'' surrounding Mr Adams's stance on those abducted and murdered by the Provisional IrA, including Belfast moth[...]