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
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
justice time
Now is the time for peace, justice and rebuilding,
agreement clear except forward friday good
make it very very clear there is no way forward except the Good Friday agreement.
cancel disagree pivotal played role teddy work
I disagree with Teddy Kennedy, ... He was the only person to actually cancel an engagement. I think that was ill-advised. I think we will work again, because he has played a pivotal role in all of this process.
agencies both estimates gear intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals matched
have said that the gear that they put away matched the estimates that the intelligence agencies of both (British and Irish) governments provided.
negative none raw
It is negative campaigning of the most raw kind, ... None of these allegations are substantiated.
grasp opportunity parties statement
The two governments, the UUP and other parties should grasp the new opportunity that this unprecedented statement from the IICD creates.
hunger men women
The men and women of 1916 were visionaries. So were the hunger strikers. We need to be visionaries too.
forward work
I think we have succeeded. I say to the unionists, we want to work in partnership with you. Let's go forward from here and make this work.
calm expect ira people
People need to calm down. What did people expect the IRA to say?
stretched
At some point, when stretched so far, you break. We are not made of elastic.
absorb needs time
Everyone needs time to absorb this and particularly unionists need time to absorb this and they need some space,
agreement approach brings ultimately
an approach to the Agreement that subverts and ultimately brings about its collapse.
fein listening matter proactive
It's not just a matter of meeting. It's a matter of engagement, of dialogue, of discussion, of discourse, of listening, and Sinn Fein is in a proactive listening mode.