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
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.
continue demand family good home luck mccartney support work
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.
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.
achieve armed certainly demanding fighting ira saying simply worked
Well, even if it should, and I certainly want to see an end to the IRA and an end to all of the armed groups, simply saying it and demanding it isn't going to achieve it. You have to look at what has worked. What hasn't worked is marginalizing people, demonizing people, criminalizing people, repressing people, fighting with people,
asking party peace process work
If you are asking me if the peace process can work if our party is expelled, no.
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.
peace process wants welcome work
Everyone who wants the peace process to work will welcome this significant development,
acceptable basis sections terms whatever worked
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.
continue good work
There was good work done today. Let's continue to do good work.
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.
enormous huge opens opportunity presents
I think that opens up an enormous opportunity for all of us but also presents a huge challenge.
demand family mccartney support
I support the McCartney family. I support their demand for justice,
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.
hunger president strong support
When the 10 hunger strikers died, there was strong support from Cuba, and especially from President Fidel Castro,