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
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.
absorb needs time
Everyone needs time to absorb this and particularly unionists need time to absorb this and they need some space,
attempt fein position
This is a very amateurish attempt to shoe-horn Sinn Fein into a position on policing,
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.
bill fein former good president
We in Sinn Fein have many good friends in the USA, with this president (George W. Bush) and former president Bill Clinton,
afternoon appealed fein happened ignore opposed parade people view
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.
agreement bad good heads people
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,
election friday good government line reason
We will be there for one reason and one reason only: the election of a government in line with the Good Friday agreement.
continued particular seeking support view
We will be seeking continued support for our efforts, for our particular view of the way these negotiations should go.
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 ...
alleged asked common names people questioned questions rightly week whose
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.
david everybody waiting
Everybody in there is waiting on David Trimble.
peace process wants welcome work
Everyone who wants the peace process to work will welcome this significant development,