Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Gerard Adamsis an Irish republican politician who is the president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dálafor Louth since the 2011 general election...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 October 1948
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
almost british cessation ira learned lesson opportunity presented together
The historically important opportunity presented by the IRA cessation of almost two years ago has been frittered away on the back of British policy, ... All of that could have been avoided, and that is a lesson that has to be learned if we're to put this together again.
agreement approach brings ultimately
an approach to the Agreement that subverts and ultimately brings about its collapse.
hunger men women
The men and women of 1916 were visionaries. So were the hunger strikers. We need to be visionaries too.
best dignified growing ira leave manner prevents
I think the best way for the IRA to leave the stage, ... is in a dignified manner that prevents any recurrence of another IRA growing up alongside.
negative none raw
It is negative campaigning of the most raw kind, ... None of these allegations are substantiated.
entitled people
The people are entitled to know what has been negotiated,
absolute john lies peace prime process responsibility restoring
The peace process lies in absolute ruins, ... And the responsibility for that -- and for restoring it -- lies with (British Prime Minister) John Major.
absorb needs time
Everyone needs time to absorb this and particularly unionists need time to absorb this and they need some space,
both british dynamic power promote share
In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north.