by Gerry Adams Since it came to power last February the Fine Gael/Labour government has blamed every bad decision, every u-turn in pre-election promises on the last government. Everything is Fianna Fáil’s fault. It is a fact that the current economic mess in the south is primarily a result of the bad policies of the last coalition

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams has confirmed reports that the party’s Ard Chomhairle is to meet on Sunday morning to discuss a proposal from the National Officer Board to nominate a candidate to stand in the presidential election. The Sinn Féin president said: “The officer board will recommend that the candidate will be Martin McGuinness. Sinn

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams indicates his party will put forward a candidate for the Irish presidency for the first time.

Síle Darragh was the IRA O/C in Armagh Gaol during the hunger strike in 1980 and until her release in 1981. Earlier this month her book about her time in jail during the protest for political status was launched during Féile an Phobail in West Belfast. The launch was chaired by Danny Morrison and the guest speaker was Gerry Adams TD.  It is an uncomfortable fact, and unfair, tha...

by Sean Oliver The victory of Sinn Fein’s Paul Maskey in the West Belfast by-election was such a foregone conclusion it barely made the news. Mr Maskey pledged to continue the `proud and strong legacy’ of predecessor Gerry Adams. This vote marks the latest success for Sinn Fein’s electoral strategy, and a legacy of an earlier watershed

The victory of Sinn Fein’s Paul Maskey in the West Belfast by-election was such a foregone conclusion it barely made the news. Mr Maskey pledged to continue the `proud and strong legacy’ of predecessor Gerry Adams. This vote marks the latest success for Sinn Fein’s electoral strategy, and a legacy of an earlier watershed moment of recent Irish history -- the 1981 hunger strike wh...

Voters in west Belfast are going to the polls to elect a new MP to replace Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.

In the Daily Mail, Petronella Wyatt recalls how, aged 12, she was threatened by the IRA on account of her father's journalism; she describes Gerry Adams' smile as reminding her of "the glint of coffin handles". Elsewhere in the news: one of Colonel Gaddafi's sons (and three grandchildren) reportedly killed by a missile on account of Western interests' quarrel with his father. T...

Gerry Adams has had a state office conferred on him after refusing to apply for the post according to the tradition for leaving the House of Commons.

House of Commons Speaker John Bercow rules that Gerry Adams has been disqualified from Parliament.