Gerry Adams

A new edition of “Before the Dawn,” the best selling Gerry Adams memoir has just been released by Notre Dame Press. In this exclusive excerpt, Adams tells about his secret wedding day. (Internment, arresting and abusing thousands of citizens without trial all over Northern Ireland began on August 9, ...

His father, Gerry Adams senior, was imprisoned after shooting an RUC officer. As long ago as 1972 the younger Gerry was part of a delegation which met Willie Whitelaw for talks in London. The authoritative biography of Adams by David Sharrock and Mark Devenport,traced his rise through IRA ranks on ...

Gerry Adams was responding to an interview with former unionist leader David Trimble in which Mr Trimble criticised the leadership of Leo Varadkar, saying his takeover as Taoiseach has not “been a change for the better”. Speaking on the Sean O'Rourke show on RTE, he said “I don't think it's been a ...

FRANCE 24 spoke to former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, an architect of the Good Friday Agreement signed 20 years ago that brought an end to decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland. Adams revisits the signing of the historic peace deal and speaks of the possibility of a united Ireland -- and the ...

He added: “I am very surprised he [Gerry Adams] said this. But of course, on the other hand, Republicans are now desperate to rewrite history and to find a way of papering over the fact that they were responsible for some of the worst cases of the abuse of human rights, including the most fundamental ...

Former Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has told a German newspaper that he believes the use of violence can still be justified to reach political aims in certain circumstances. The Louth TD was interviewed by website 'Der Spiegel' ahead of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement ...

Supplanting our patron saint's day with one honouring Gerry Adams is laughable ... unless, that is, you're a victim of terror ... de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, Gerry was presented with a "proclamation" recording that Mr de Blasio has taken it upon himself to rebrand St Patrick's Day as Gerry Adams Day.

Former Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has called on the Irish Government to appeal the decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the 'hooded men' case. Mr Adams said that their treatment by the British state in August 1971 amounted to torture. Call for Dublin to appeal 'Hooded Men' ...

They use B Special malts (Okay, they call them Special B malts). I'm tempted to think they know precious little about Ireland, or Gerry Adams, and if I was Sam Adams, a brewery in Boston, I would wonder if the real point of this was to encroach on my brand, rather than to celebrate "the president of Sinn Fein, ...

May I congratulate CDC Armstrong on his opinion piece (April 13) “New 'Brownie' claim adds to the Gerry Adams-IRA controversy”. It was certainly well spotted to note the admission in Danny Morrison's tribute in the Irish Times of February 9, that “I have known Gerry Adams 46 years. In 1975, as editor of ...

He stated: “I, Bill de Blasio, Mayor of the City of New York, do hereby proclaim March 17 2018 in the city of New York as 'Gerry Adams Day'. This has naturally infuriated Unionists. “The proclamation was a kick in the teeth for the victims of terrorism and brings shame on the office which he holds," said Ulster ...

It's a day when news usually reserved for the back pages makes the front pages. But be warned, there's a big helping of sporting hyperbole in Monday's papers after Ireland thrashed England in the Six Nations to win their third Grand Slam (they won every game for the uninitiated). Captain Rory Best is the ...

“But to go a stage further and bestow such an honour on Gerry Adams is farcical. I am not going to say it causes me offence personally, but I know it will cause considerable offence and hurt to many people. “This demonstrates that the views of many Irish Americans are distorted when it comes to the IRA.

He presented Mr Adams with the proclamation declaring this year's St Patrick's Day to be 'Gerry Adams Day' in New York. Mr Stack criticised the decision to honour Mr Adams who as Sinn Fein leader had supported the Provisional IRA's campaign of murder and terror for many years during the Troubles.

The Lagan Valley MP told Sunday Life: "There is no doubt Gerry Adams made a contribution to the peace process, but to name a day after him is wrong, it shouldn't have happened. "It's like the Mayor of London renaming St George's Day in honour of Osama Bin Laden." Mr de Blasio said Mr Adams did not ...

Sinn Fein's former leader Gerry Adams has been honoured at a St Patrick's Day breakfast event hosted by the mayor of New York on Saturday. Mayor Bill De ... Mr DeBlasio said: "Started St. Patrick's Day by honoring Gerry Adams with a proclamation for his contribution to Irish politics and diplomacy. Twenty ...