Anthony Bond, Sam Adams (6 May 2014). ""Insufficient evidence" to 'pursue prosecution of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams'". On 19 May 2015, while on an official royal vacation to Ireland, Prince Charles shook Adams' hand in what was explained as a hugely symbolic gesture of reconciliation. While the ban covered 11 Irish political parties and paramilitary organisations, in apply it mainly impacted Sinn Féin, the most outstanding of these bodies.