Anthony Bond, Sam Adams (6 May 2014). ""Insufficient proof" to 'pursue prosecution of Sinn Fein chief Gerry Adams'". On 19 May 2015, even though on an official royal trip to Ireland, Prince Charles shook Adams' hand in what was described as a hugely symbolic gesture of reconciliation. While the ban lined eleven Irish political parties and paramilitary organisations, in follow it typically impacted Sinn Féin, the most notable of these bodies.