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
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.
agreement clear except forward friday good
make it very very clear there is no way forward except the Good Friday agreement.
people terms
on their own terms -- through a court, through people being made accountable for their actions.
So I want to see all that infrastructure removed.
came cast good helping narrow position ways
When I came in, I said I had hoped... that we would have a good meeting, and we had, ... I put it to Mr. Trimble that he and I had been cast in this position and we had to narrow the gap. We had to try (to find) ways of me helping him and him helping me.
against
isn't about guns. This is about those who are against change.
almost british contact eighth ira people reason troops whatsoever year
I see no reason whatsoever why there should be British troops in any part of my country, and particularly in the almost eighth year of two IRA decisions, why people should have more contact with British troops than they had previously,
bring carefully rehearsed staged tantrums
These carefully staged tantrums and rehearsed walk-outs aren't the way to bring about a settlement.
bleak fairly history hope ireland maybe perhaps situation
Perhaps just once in a fairly bleak international situation ... maybe hope and history is reigning in Ireland
collapse peace process save transform
save the peace process from collapse and transform the situation.
certainly cold deprived die people warm
People can die from the cold and people are certainly deprived because of the cold. I think the people have a right to a warm home.
committed conflict
committed to making conflict a thing of the past.
consider opportunity
another opportunity for Unionists to consider where they want to go from here.
across delivered equality sector
Equality has to be delivered and it has to be right across every sector ...