Gerry Adams

Gerry Adams is the pre-eminent republican activist of our times. A former President of Sinn Féin, he served as MP for West Belfast and as a TD in the Dáil over a four-decade period of frontline elected politics. 

He is the author of several books including Before the Dawn, The Street and Other Stories and Falls Memories. His latest collection of short stories The Witness Trees will be published in the autumn. 

He describes himself as "an optimistic and hopeful activist" and publishes a famed Twitter account. 

 

 

Latest Stories

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

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

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

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

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

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

GERRY ADAMS: A new tribute to an extraordinary man

GERRY ADAMS: A new tribute to an extraordinary man

GERRY ADAMS: A fitting tribute to a remarkable woman

GERRY ADAMS: A fitting tribute to a remarkable woman

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

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

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

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

GERRY ADAMS: Cherishing our history – and our future

GERRY ADAMS: Cherishing our history – and our future

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

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

GERRY ADAMS: Give us neutrality, not another arms race

GERRY ADAMS: Give us neutrality, not another arms race

GERRY ADAMS: Belfast gets ready to welcome the world

GERRY ADAMS: Belfast gets ready to welcome the world

GERRY ADAMS: Bik was the man the hunger strikers trusted

GERRY ADAMS: Bik was the man the hunger strikers trusted