Gerry Adams ‘stole shrubs from Hillsborough Castle to plant at home’

Ex-Sinn Fein president popped out of St Andrews talks to rifle through gardens at Queen’s official residence, claims former secretary of state Lord Hain

Gerry Adams

David O'Dornan

​A former secretary of state has claimed Gerry Adams pinched plants from the Queen’s official residence in Northern Ireland.

Labour peer Peter Hain said the former Sinn Fein president snatched them during a break in the St Andrews Agreement negotiations on 2007.