Ireland's Prime Minister Enda Kenny speaks during a press conference at the federal chancellery in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Kenny is on a working visit to Hungary as Ireland are due to take over the rotating Presidency of the European Union as of Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has dramatically challenged Gerry Adams to come clean on his membership of the IRA.

In a remarkable intervention in the Dail, Mr Kenny calmly said the Sinn Fein President has never confessed his membership of the IRA.

Mr Kenny said everybody believed Mr Adams was a member of the Provos.