Gerry Adams

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.

GERRY ADAMS: Belfast gets ready to welcome the world

IT has been a very busy and eventful couple of weeks for all of those who speak and enjoy the Irish language and who have campaigned for decades against government policies of institutionalised exclusion, inequality and discrimination.

GERRY ADAMS: Seachtain na Gaeilge growth points to Irish language success

SEACHTAIN na Gaeilge used to run for one week, but because it was so popular it was extended. It now runs annually from March 1 to 17 – St Patrick’s Day.

GERRY ADAMS: Bik was the man the hunger strikers trusted

ON Tuesday we buried our friend and comrade Brendan McFarlane. Bik texted me just two weeks or so ago to say he was back in hospital. He had been battling cancer for some time. A few days later the medics stopped his treatment. There was nothing else they could do for him. Suddenly and unexpectedly he was gone. He died peacefully surrounded by his loving family.

GERRY ADAMS: The night they gave Frank Stagg back

LAST week we remembered Frank Stagg, who died on hunger strike in an English prison in February 1976.

GERRY ADAMS: The night they gave Frank Stagg back (copy) (copy)

LAST week we remembered Frank Stagg, who died on hunger strike in an English prison in February 1976.

GERRY ADAMS: The writing was on the wall in Armagh Gaol

ROSELEEN Walsh is one of 36 women who were interned in the early 1970s. Her latest book – My Internment – tells the very personal story of her life as a young woman in West Belfast in the late 60s and early 70s. Of the constant pressure and danger of living under British occupation and of her time as an internee in Armagh Women’s Prison.

GERRY ADAMS: Simon Harris is stating the bleedin' obvious

SIMON Harris has said that Irish unity is not a priority for him. That is self-evident. But for him to say so is at odds with the stated position of most senior Irish politicians including An Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Their position is one of verbalised adherence to the constitutional objective of unity. In other words, they are verbalised republicans. Rhetorical United Irelanders. Mr Harris doesn't even pay lip service to this.

GERRY ADAMS: Starmer seeks ways to frustrate justice

ACCORDING to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, his government is looking at “every conceivable way” to prevent me and at least 300 other people from receiving compensation for wrongful arrest and imprisonment in the 1970s. This issue of compensation arises from the decision by the British Supreme Court in May 2020 that the Interim Custody Order (ICO) or internment order issued against me was unlawful.

GERRY ADAMS: New coalition’s Programme for Failure

FIANNA Fáil and Fine Gael, supported by the regional independents, have just published their Programme for Government 2025. This contains the objectives set by the government parties for the next five years.

GERRY ADAMS: Let the music keep your spirits high

I AM not a big watcher of television. When I have my way – which is usually when everyone else is out – the TV goes on only when there is something I want to watch. Other times it is a constant background noise. An intrusion. Like white noise.Sometimes I just like the silence. Or some good music.

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