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
decision fein unionist
Sinn Fein welcomes the decision by the Ulster Unionist council.
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Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.
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Today's decision by the IRA to move into a new peaceful mode is historic and represents a courageous and confident initiative. It is truly momentous and is a defining point in the search for a lasting peace with justice.
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The decision comes today as a direct result of an initiative taken by the Sinn Fein,
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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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We in Sinn Fein have many good friends in the USA, with this president (George W. Bush) and former president Bill Clinton,
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The RUC have been tolerating road and street blocks being set up. There have been Catholics evicted from their homes by mobs. All of this raises the temperature.
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These carefully staged tantrums and rehearsed walk-outs aren't the way to bring about a settlement.
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isn't about guns. This is about those who are against change.
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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,
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the worst crisis this process has been in,
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another opportunity for Unionists to consider where they want to go from here.
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Equality has to be delivered and it has to be right across every sector ...
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Perhaps just once in a fairly bleak international situation ... maybe hope and history is reigning in Ireland