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
british deliver government policing position
Sinn Fein's position on policing is very clear-cut -- when the British government delivers on the commitments it has made, I will deliver on the commitments I have made.
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.
responsibility thinking government
I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.
real government possibility
A real possibility now exists for a Government that is not led by either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil
years government ira
For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.
philosophy government support
No Irish nationalist could support any treaty which institutionalizes British government claims to a part of Irish national territory. Indeed, the term - 'constitutional nationalism'- used by Mr.Mallon (SDLP) and his colleagues to describe their political philosophy is a contradiction in terms. The only constitutional nationalist in Ireland today is Sean McBride. He puts his nationalism within a framework of Irish constitutionality. Mr. Mallon, however, puts his within the framework of British constitutionality. Irish nationalism within British constitutionality is a contradiction in terms.
government six loyalists
There can be no such things as an Irish nationalist accepting the loyalist veto and partition. You cannot claim to be an Irish nationalist if you consent to an internal six county settlement and if you are willing to negotiate the state of Irish society with a foreign government.
struggle government people
Armed struggle is a necessary and morally correct form of resistance in the Six Counties against a government whose presence is rejected by the vast majority of the Irish people There are those who tell us that the British government will not be moved by armed struggle. As has been said before, the history of Ireland and of British colonial involvement throughout the world tells us that they will not be moved by anything else.
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,
blocks catholics homes raises road street tolerating
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.
bring carefully rehearsed staged tantrums
These carefully staged tantrums and rehearsed walk-outs aren't the way to bring about a settlement.
against
isn't about guns. This is about those who are against change.
almost british contact eighth ira people reason troops whatsoever year
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,
crisis process worst
the worst crisis this process has been in,