Prince Charles met Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams...

Prince Charles has met Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams at the start of his four-day visit to Ireland.

Mr Adams was among a number of politicians to greet the prince at a reception at National University of Ireland Galway.


It was the first meeting in the Republic of Ireland between Sinn Féin's leadership and a Royal Family member.
Mr Adams and his colleague Martin McGuinness also had a private meeting with Prince Charles.
That meeting took place after the handshake and was in a private room. It lasted between 15 and 20 minutes.

Afterwards, Mr Adams said: "We did discuss the need for the entire process to move forward, particularly in regard to those who have suffered, those who have been bereaved.
He said the meeting "was a big thing for him to do and a big thing for us to do.
"We have a cause to represent and a future to carve out and that's what it's all about."However, not everyone welcomed the meeting and the prince's visit.

As Mr Adams was meeting the prince, one of his party's MP's, Paul Maskey, was attending a protest over Army shootings in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast in the early 1970s.
A protest involving about 40 people was held in Londonderry opposing it. It included some relatives of those who were killed on Bloody Sunday.
John Teggart's father, Danny, was one of 10 people killed by soldiers in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, in 1971.
"Prince Charles represents the Parachute Regiment who, for many years, murdered innocent civilians in Belfast, including my father," he said.
"I am totally opposed to him coming to Belfast and to the north in general." Read more on this here.