Gerry Adams

GERRY ADAMS: Iran attack another assault on international law

SHOULD we have been surprised by the decision of the US President Donald Trump to attack Iran? No. Shocked maybe, but not surprised. The weapons of mass destruction spin that was used to justify the invasion of Iraq two decades ago was already in wide usage by some western governments and sections of the media before B2s dropped so-called ‘bunker buster’ bombs on Iran. And we all remember what a disaster the Iraq war was for the people of that nation and for world politics. An estimated million Iraqi citizens died.

GERRY ADAMS: Burning houses a salutary reminder of August '69

IN 1972, Catholic families who had endured three years of sustained sectarian attacks on their homes fled Annalee Street in North Belfast. Last month – fifty-three years later – Catholic homes in Annalee Street were again the target of sectarian attack and families were forced to flee. In the past fortnight we have also witnessed the firebombing of homes in Ballymena, Larne Leisure Centre and racist attacks in other parts of the North.

GERRY ADAMS: A fitting tribute to the heroes of 1916

REGULAR readers of this column will know that I wholeheartedly support the efforts of the Moore Street Preservation Trust to preserve the 1916 Moore Street battlefield site in Dublin that is under threat from a developer's wrecking ball.

GERRY ADAMS: BBCNI's attempt to demonise me rejected by libel jury

THE success of my case against the British Broadcasting Corporation is an important and very significant breach of that institution's monopoly on how it broadcasts ‘news’, especially in Ireland.

GERRY ADAMS: PSNI make fools of themselves with arrest of Sue and Martine

THIS column makes no apologies for writing so much about the genocide in Palestine and the urgent need for ceasefires and a peace process. At least 14,000 babies face imminent death from starvation. Over 60,000 Palestinian children, women and men have been killed, including more than 4,000 since Israel ended its ceasefire in March. One especially harrowing example of Israel’s murder machine at work was the deliberate targeting last Friday of the family home of Hamdi and Walaa al-Najjar, two doctors who work at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. As Hamdi was at work, nine of her ten children were killed. Her husband and a 10th child were injured.

GERRY ADAMS: Words don't come easy to me – or at least they didn't use to

WHEN I was younger I had a stammer. I don’t know what age I was. Somewhere between seven and ten perhaps. A youngster! I grew out of my speech impediment and I have very little recollection of my stammering phase but I was reminded of it when I was on the phone to a friend in Ard Oifig in Dublin last week. . For no apparent reason she told me that she sometimes has a stammer when she is on the phone.

GERRY ADAMS: Time for Dublin to act on its Presidential promises

IN a historic vote in the Assembly last week, members overwhelmingly passed by 46 votes to 25 a motion calling on the Irish government to implement the recommendation of the 2013 Constitutional Convention on the Constitution to extend “the right to vote in elections for President of Ireland to all Irish citizens on the island of Ireland.”

GERRY ADAMS: Swinger was brave, strong and a gentleman through and through

I SPENT the last week in Dublin in the Four Courts as part of the outworking of my case against the BBC’s Spotlight programme nine years ago. But more of that when it’s over, which could take another fortnight.

GERRY ADAMS: A new tribute to an extraordinary man

ON May 4 at 3pm, a statue of Bobby Sands will be unveiled in the Republican Memorial Garden, in Twinbrook, where Bobby lived. The organisers of the event, all local republican activists and all inspired by the courage and self-sacrifice of Bobby and his comrades, have worked hard over recent years to raise the funds for the statue. Former hunger striker Pat Sheehan, who spent 55 days on the 1981 hunger strike, will speak about Bobby and his comrades who died.

GERRY ADAMS: A fitting tribute to a remarkable woman

I HOPE you all had an enjoyable Easter. Across the island and further afield commemorations were held at countless locations to remember those who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and in all of the generations of the freedom struggle. The Belfast turnout was big and Pearse Doherty, who made an exceptional speech, was given a very warm welcome. I saw no mention of his remarks or those of other republican speakers on RTÉ, BBC or other broadcasters. So much for public service broadcasting.

GERRY ADAMS: Wear your lily at Easter – it's a right that had to be fought for

I DIDN'T think Easter is almost upon us. It has crept up on me. For Irish republicans Easter holds a special significance. It is synonymous with the 1916 Easter Rising and the heroism over a century ago of those who rose up against the British Empire and declared for a Republic. It is also a time when we remember all of those women and men – over countless generations – who gave their lives in pursuit of Irish sovereignty and independence.

GERRY ADAMS: At last we've got a protest about Casement

THE delay in building the new Casement Park is totally unacceptable. Like many Gaels of my age I grew up with Casement. I played there for our school teams and enjoyed sports days as well. I have watched umpteen games over the decades. Until 2013. That was the last time Casement Park hosted a game. On June 10, 2013.

GERRY ADAMS: Cherishing our history – and our future

The North began, the North held on,The strife for native land;When Ireland rose to smite her foesGod bless the Northern land.Thomas Davis IN the 1790s Belfast was the centre of an Irish political movement which linked Antrim and Down with the Republics of France and America, and Belfast citizens celebrated the Fall of the Bastille, drank toasts to Mirabeau and Lafayette and studied Payne’s great book, The Rights of Man.

GERRY ADAMS: Can it really be eight years since Martin died?

FRIDAY past was the eighth anniversary of the death of our friend and leader Martin McGuinness. Like many others, I am sure, I was perplexed as it dawned on me that eight years had passed since we lost him. In my head I thought it was five or six years ago. But as we people of a certain age should now know, time waits for no-one. I remember as if it was yesterday dashing to the hospital. Even though we were anticipating his death there was nonetheless a numbness, a shock to be told that Martin was gone.

GERRY ADAMS: Give us neutrality, not another arms race

IF truth be told the long-standing claim of neutrality by the southern Irish state is not all it’s made out to be. It is a fact that successive Irish governments have turned a blind eye to American war planes using Shannon as a stopping-off point for attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as carrying munitions to Israel for its genocidal war against the people of Palestine. US planes carrying political prisoners to interrogation and detention sites, where they were tortured, stopped at Shannon to refuel. A breach of international law. The government did nothing.

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