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
enormous huge opens opportunity presents
I think that opens up an enormous opportunity for all of us but also presents a huge challenge.
consider opportunity
another opportunity for Unionists to consider where they want to go from here.
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There is bound to be distrust here. People have been hurt, people have been killed. There is bound to be suspicion. There is bound to be hatred. There is bound to be fear. And the way to resolve that is to seize that opportunity and build on that opportunity and widen the space which has been created.
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.
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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.
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.
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I support the McCartney family. I support their demand for justice. I think that there is an onus upon everyone who can help, to help. So good luck to them. And when I go back home I will continue to work on their behalf.
demand family mccartney support
I support the McCartney family. I support their demand for justice,
conflict dealing few last worked
Well, they haven't been worked out in the last few days. We are dealing with hundreds of years of conflict.
agreement beyond both commission event head ira irish uk uphold validate weapons witnesses
I think it is important that when a commission established under an agreement which has its remit in legislation (in both the Irish and UK governments) that when the head of that commission witnesses an event in which IRA weapons were put beyond use in accordance with this agreement...that it is up to the governments to validate it and uphold it.
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When the 10 hunger strikers died, there was strong support from Cuba, and especially from President Fidel Castro,
calm expect ira people
People need to calm down. What did people expect the IRA to say?
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.
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I think people throughout this island have voted for change. The task now is to manage that change.