Boston Irish Reporter - Gerry Adams

Is Sinn Fein's Abstention Policy Dying?

irishadmin — Sun, 02 May 2010 03:29:08 +0000

Bill O'Donnell

Maybe it's because Gerry Adams has had some recent personal setbacks along with his party's electoral hopes, but the call for the voice of the Provos to end their parliamentary abstention is growing louder. The new leader of the SDLP, Margaret Ritchie, has openly suggested to the republicans that it might be time for elected Sinn Fein representatives in the House of Commons to start actively representing their constituents instead of playing hard to get. Read more

For Gerry Adams, It Was a Year of Trials at Work and at Home

irishadmin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:33:41 +0000

Robert P. Connolly

First came the startling news that the republican leader's brother, Liam Adams, was on the run, charged with having sexually abused his daughter for an eight-year period that began when the girl was 4. He was reported to be hiding in the Republic of Ireland and Gerry appealed to his brother to return to Northern Ireland to face the charges lodged against him. Read more

A First: Some Are Starting to Mull Sinn Fein Without Gerry Adams

irishadmin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:07:47 +0000

Robert P. Connolly

For more than a quarter of a century, the Irish republican party, Sinn Fein, has had a clear and undisputed leader, Gerry Adams.

To be sure, Adams has had a leadership partner, Martin McGuinness, but fundamentally, it has been understood that Adams received top billing – he was the party president, the thinker, the charismatic speaker, the international media star. Read more

Adams Calls Irish Unification 'Realizable, Realistic Objective;' Sees Growing Sense of Irishness in North

irishadmin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:55:54 +0000

Robert P. Connolly

NEW YORK – With three decades of struggle behind them, it must be said that Gerry Adams and his republican supporters are patient and methodical. Read more