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
collective decision earliest possible seek talks view
My own view is that we should seek to go back into the talks at the earliest possible opportunity. But that is not a decision for me alone. We are a collective leadership. We will consult.
address attempt clearly fears initiative ira peace process serious suspicions wants welcome work
The IRA initiative is clearly a serious attempt to address the suspicions and the fears of those unionists who want to make progress, ... Everyone who wants the peace process to work will welcome this significant development.
beyond people
Your people are being killed; our people are being killed. We have to get beyond all his.
people terms
on their own terms -- through a court, through people being made accountable for their actions.
bad high input mitchell regard
I don't have any high regard for Mitchell Reiss' input in this process. If it is he who is advising the president, then it's very, very bad advice.
actions chose entirely group ignore wrong
Regrettably a small, unrepresentative group chose to ignore our appeal. Their actions were entirely wrong and reprehensible.
consider opportunity
another opportunity for Unionists to consider where they want to go from here.
committed conflict
committed to making conflict a thing of the past.
africa beacon freedom good heroes past south
It's good to be here with your heroes and heroines. South Africa has been a beacon for freedom-loving nations, and what you have here is not only about the past but also about the future.
ourselves stretched taken
strenuous efforts, taken initiatives and stretched ourselves and our constituency to the limit.
bring carefully rehearsed staged tantrums
These carefully staged tantrums and rehearsed walk-outs aren't the way to bring about a settlement.
attempt fein position
This is a very amateurish attempt to shoe-horn Sinn Fein into a position on policing,
british deliver government policing position
Sinn Fein's position on policing is very clear-cut -- when the British government delivers on the commitments it has made, I will deliver on the commitments I have made.
built career people
He has built a career on frightening people and on crisis,