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
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Yes. Well, I know who they are alleged to be ... And I have asked questions just this week as to why these people whose names are, rightly or wrongly, in common currency, why they aren't being questioned and why they aren't being charged.
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Everybody in there is waiting on David Trimble.
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Everyone who wants the peace process to work will welcome this significant development,
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At some point, when stretched so far, you break. We are not made of elastic.
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There is no justification for what happened this afternoon in Dublin. Sinn Fein had appealed to people to ignore this loyalist parade and not to be provoked by it. Our view was that it should not be opposed in any way and we made that clear.
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There is no such thing as the Unionists ever having it on their own terms again, because whatever is worked out here has to be on the basis that it is acceptable to all sections of our people.
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There is still not peace. The agreement is not a settlement. There are good things in it, there are bad things in it that people will have to get their heads around,
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We will be there for one reason and one reason only: the election of a government in line with the Good Friday agreement.
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We will be seeking continued support for our efforts, for our particular view of the way these negotiations should go.
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There has been quite a lot of progress made and I think we will continue to make progress,
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negative, carping and begrudging campaign against Sinn Fein.
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People waking up this morning, apart from that very large number of people who suffered grievously in the course of the conflict, I'm sure feel in their bones that we're all better off for this.
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Sinn Fein will not seek to interpret an organization we don't have any authority, control or responsibility for.
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Sinn Fein welcomes the decision by the Ulster Unionist council.