Opinion
ADAMS: A Referendum on the Future
Sunday, May 22, marked 24 years from the historic referendum in May 1998 that saw almost three quarters of people in the North vote in support of t...
May 26, 2022
by Gerry Adams
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ADAMS: Lá Mór Dearg Agus Acht na Gaeilge
As this column goes to print Boris Johnson comes to visit our political leaders in Hillsborough. Whatever he may say or not say one thing is clear....
May 19, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
ADAMS: It Was Truly a Transformative Election
It was never supposed to be like this. I watched with interest as one BBC presenter, reporting on the Assembly election results, told his largely B...
May 12, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
ADAMS: Candidatitis
I first published this article in 2005 and again, slightly amended in 2016. It is dedicated to all candidates from all parties and none, and their ...
May 05, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
ADAMS: May 5th is The Peoples Day
It's the final countdown to polling day and the pundits and pollsters are filling the airways and column inches with their take on who will be the ...
April 28, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
Adams: Songs and Craic Around Kesh Campfire
My recent tales of singsongs in the H Blocks have triggered more reminiscences of other such events. Two in particular stand out. Both were after L...
April 21, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
ADAMS: Marking the Rising and the Proclamation
On Easter Sunday Irish republicans across Ireland and globally will commemorate and celebrate the men and women who rose up against the British Emp...
April 14, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
ADAMS: Here's A Question for Jeffrey
The democratic question remains the key issue internationally. It has been so since people asserted their right to citizenship. At the heart of tha...
April 07, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
ADAMS: New Book Turns Spotlight on UDR
On 1 April 1970 the Ulster Defence Regiment formally took its place in the ranks of the British Army. The UDR was a locally recruited militia estab...
March 31, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
ADAMS: Falling Back on the Orange Card
One unionist twitter account at the weekend posed the question; “How many different ways can the DUP tell us we MUST vote DUP no matter how incompe...
March 24, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
ADAMS: Irish Neutrality is Not for Sale
The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to dominate the news agenda. Lines of tanks and armored vehicles inexorably move toward Kyiv and other Uk...
March 16, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
ADAMS: Russia Must Get Out of Ukraine
The big story of the moment is the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Like many of you I have been watching the round the clock news reports emerging fro...
March 03, 2022
by Gerry Adams