Maíria Cahill is to meet with Northern Ireland's First Minister today.

Peter Robinson will sit down with her at Stormont to discuss how the IRA dealt with her claims that she was raped by a leading Republican.

Last night Sinn Fein Pesident Gerry Adams once more refuted the allegations, but did concede the IRA had 'made mistakes' in its efforts to fill what he called a policing 'vacuum' in the North.

Mr Adams admitted IRA personnel were 'singularly ill-equipped' to deal with matters including child abuse and rape, and said 'victims were left without support and abusers without supervision'.

And he said anyone who has any information about child abuse should come forward to the authorities, North or South of the border.