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.
peace process wants welcome work
Everyone who wants the peace process to work will welcome this significant development,
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.
continue good work
There was good work done today. Let's continue to do good work.
asking party peace process work
If you are asking me if the peace process can work if our party is expelled, no.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,