Gerry Adams

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ADAMS: The People’s Archive by The People’s Priest
Opinion
ADAMS: The People’s Archive by The People’s Priest
Fr. Des Wilson died in November 2019. I first met him in 1968. His long life was dedicated to helping people. During the years of conflict, he stoo...
ADAMS: Local Elections Just Days Away
Opinion
ADAMS: Local Elections Just Days Away
I first published this article in 2007 and then, slightly amended, in 2016. And again last year. We are only a wee while away from the local govern...
ADAMS: Stardust Disaster Families Demand Truth
Opinion
ADAMS: Stardust Disaster Families Demand Truth
The inquest into the Stardust disaster opened in Dublin last week. The list of the dead from that terrible event in February 1981 is heartbreakingl...
ADAMS: Battling Demonization, Standing For Rights
Opinion
ADAMS: Battling Demonization, Standing For Rights
Among those who attended the Easter Sunday commemoration in Belfast two weeks ago was John Montgomery. I haven’t seen John in many years and it was...
ADAMS: After Four Years, Back in the USA
Sports
ADAMS: After Four Years, Back in the USA
The 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement has attracted considerable national and international interest in recent weeks. Part of this invo...
ADAMS: A Warm House for Everyone
Opinion
ADAMS: A Warm House for Everyone
I am writing this column in New York. Richard and I are here for the weekend working on my remarks for Monday night when President Bill Clinton and...
ADAMS: The Good Friday Agreement Protects Everyone
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ADAMS: The Good Friday Agreement Protects Everyone
At the beginning of the month Jeffrey Donaldson established a panel, which includes Peter Robinson, Arlene Foster and some business and legal peopl...
ADAMS: Remembering and Talking About Martin McGuinness
Opinion
ADAMS: Remembering and Talking About Martin McGuinness
Tuesday was the sixth anniversary of the death of my friend and comrade Martin McGuinness. I travelled to the Derry City Hotel that evening for a p...
ADAMS: Celebrating St. Patrick and the GFA
Opinion
ADAMS: Celebrating St. Patrick and the GFA
This week Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald and Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill will be in the USA for the St. Patrick’s Day events. St. Patri...
ADAMS: Macalla na mBán
Opinion
ADAMS: Macalla na mBán
This week’s column is dedicated to women. It includes a guest piece by Bairbre de Brún, former MLA and Minister. Wednesday, March 1, was Internatio...
ADAMS: To Be Or Not To Be
Opinion
ADAMS: To Be Or Not To Be
As this column goes to press it appears that the British PM Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, have reache...
ADAMS: It's Make Your Mind Up Time
Opinion
ADAMS: It's Make Your Mind Up Time
As I write this column the rumors are rife that the European Commission and the British government are close to an agreement – maybe – on the Proto...

 

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