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.
absent mindset required unionist
The psychological mindset that is required for peacemaking is absent from Unionist thinking,
bound build distrust opportunity people resolve seize space
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.
candidates economic issues range social
We have a range of candidates who are ... working on a whole range of social and economic issues
candidates economic irish issues local national peace period quite range social unity
We have a range of candidates who are bedded in their local constituencies over quite a long period of time, who are working on a whole range of social and economic issues as well as the big national question, as well as the peace process, as well as the whole issue of Irish unity -- so we're going to do well,
actions chose entirely group ignore wrong
Regrettably a small, unrepresentative group chose to ignore our appeal. Their actions were entirely wrong and reprehensible.
island manage people task throughout voted
I think people throughout this island have voted for change. The task now is to manage that change.
negative none raw
It is negative campaigning of the most raw kind, ... None of these allegations are substantiated.
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.
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.
demand family mccartney support
I support the McCartney family. I support their demand for justice,
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.
enormous huge opens opportunity presents
I think that opens up an enormous opportunity for all of us but also presents a huge challenge.