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- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Free Palestine | Where now for Micheál Martin? | The Orange and the Green.
Where now for Micheál Martin? The decision by Fianna Fáil Presidential candidate Jim Gavin to withdraw from the contest means the race is now between…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Global Sumad Flotilla | A President for All | Using your Loaf!
A President for All All three candidates in the Presidential election have made commitments in support of Irish Unity. Clear evidence of the growing importance…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
An Update with Senator Chris Andrews on the Global Sumad Flotilla
An short update with Chris Andrews, who is on the Flotilla 120 nautical miles away from Gaza. The flotilla is carrying food & humanitarian aid in an attempt to…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Special Episode - Onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla
In this Special episode I talk with Senator Chris Andrew who is currently onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla is carrying food & humanitarian aid…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Flotilla | Catherine Connolly – A President for all of Ireland | Cearta –Marching for Rights | Bruce Morrison
Catherine Connolly – A President for all of Ireland In less than five weeks’ time the next Uachtarán na hÉireann will be elected by the people of the 26…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
The role of the Assembly and Executive | Cearta Anios
The role of the Assembly and Executive If we were to listen to and accept at face value those in the media who criticise the Assembly and the Executive as…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Gaza – The Gates of Hell | The Voice of Hind Rajab | Van The Man
Gaza – The Gates of Hell Last Saturday millions across the world, including here in Belfast, participated in one of the biggest ever solidarity events as part…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Say No To Farage | Padraic Fiacc – A Belfast Poet | Chieftain's Walk
Say No To Farage. Probably more than any other politician in Britain Nigel Farage was responsible for winning the vote on Brexit in 2016. He exploited racism…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
"Our 1916"
Our 1916 The eight months of the 1981 hunger strike campaign changed the political landscape in Ireland. It was as Síle Darragh, former O.C. of the republican…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Christy Moore Gig | ‘Hope should never Die’ – Bobby Sands | An Clogán
‘Hope should never Die’ – Bobby Sands Wednesday 20th August marks the anniversary of the death on hunger strike in 1981 of Mickey Devine. Mickey was the last…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Comhghairdeas Féile | Gael Stair – Na h’Abair é, dean é | Remembering Internment
Comhghairdeas Féile!! Well done to all of those who planned, organised, participated in, or generally contributed to this years hugely successful Féile an…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Special Episode: An Interview with Mustafa Barghouti
An interview with Dr Mustafa Barghouti, the founder and leader of the Palestinian National Initiative, Activist and advocate of Palestinian rights.
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Up for the Match | Gaza – An Gorta Mór – The Starvation | Orangism in the New Ireland
Up for the Match Off on Sunday morning to Croke Park. Dark skies. Lots of grey clouds. Our journey was delayed by Féile An Phobail’s 5km and 10km run. Diverted…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Recent Events | Planning for the Future | A Global Alliance for Palestine | Our Martin |
Planning for the Future It was Charles Stewart Parnell who said: “No man has the right to say to his country. Thus far shalt thou go and no further.” This was…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
2005- Twenty Years On | Electoral Change | Gaels le Cheile Event
2005 – Twenty Years On Next Monday one of the most historic and transformative events in the Irish Peace Process took place. Twenty years ago on the 28 July…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Defend the GPO and Save Moore St. | Best International Documentary | A Week in the Life and Death of GAZA
Defend the GPO and Save Moore St. There is widespread anger at the decision by the Irish government to convert the historic GPO in Dublin into shops and…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
No Economic Block on Irish Unity | The Future of the GPO | World Premier in Galway of ‘A Ballymurphy Man’ | Crann na Saoirse - Mayo
No Economic Block on Irish Unity In recent years there have been encouraging signs of growing support for Irish unity in successive electoral results…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Palestine | Internment | Defend the GPO | Kneecap Abú | Féile an Phobail – A festival extravaganza
Palestine The Israeli forces as part of their on going genocide, in the last 24hrs have killed 142 Palestinian civilians, and injured 487. Internment A British…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Féile Launch 2025 | Ceasefires Now | Mol an Óige | Family Album | Kneecap Abú
Ceasefires Now 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…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Stand-Up to Racism | Defending Neutrality | Pat Finucane - End the Delay
Stand-Up to Racism In 1972 Catholic families – who had endured three years of sustained sectarian attacks on their homes – fled Annalee St in North Belfast…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Jim Fitzpatrick signed Limited Print of Elizabeth O’Farrell | Health and Care in a New Ireland | An Act of International Piracy
Jim Fitzpatrick signed Limited Print of Elizabeth O’Farrell Regular readers of this column will know that I wholeheartedly support the efforts of the Moore St…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Escape | Old Farts
Old Farts As I get older I seem to be farting more than I used to. Now don’t get me wrong. I don’t keep a record of my farts. That would be impossible but I do…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Mothers Against Genocide | ‘If I Must Die’ | Give the vote to 16-year-old citizens | Health & Care in a New Ireland
Mothers Against Genocide This column makes no apologies for writing so much about the genocide in Palestine and the urgent need for ceasefires and a peace…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
A Ballymurphy Man | Verbal Disorder | The Floodgates of Horror | The Catastrophe – Nakba
San Francisco – A Ballymurphy Man/A Work in Progress If you live in the San Francisco area go along to the Vogue Theatre on 1st June to see a sneak preview of…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Presidential Vote is a constitutional requirement | Donnacha
PRESIDENTIAL VOTING RIGHTS In a historic vote in the Assembly last week its members overwhelmingly passed by 46 votes to 25 - a motion calling on the Irish…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Swinger | Israel’s reign of terror | Commission on the Future of Ireland
Swinger 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…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Statue of Bobby Sands to be unveiled | The Refugees | Pope Francis
Statue of Bobby Sands to be unveiled On May 4 at 3pm, a statue of Bobby Sands will be unveiled in the Republican Memorial Garden in Twinbrook, where Bobby…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Kathleen Lynn – a Rebel Woman | Finding their place in a new Ireland | A Barren Landscape of Death | All that Fuss
Kathleen Lynn – a Rebel Woman I hope you all had an enjoyable Easter. Across the island and further afield commemorations were held at countless locations to…
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Wear an Easter Lilly | Micheál Martin and Moore St. | Two different Voices on Unity
Wear an Easter Lilly I did not think Easter is almost upon us. It has crept up on me. For Irish republicans Easter holds a special significance. It is…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Protecting our environment | Build Casement Now | International Palestinian Child Day | Trade War Demands United response
Protecting our environment The blue skies and warm weather of recent days is a reminder that spring will soon give way to summer. Everywhere the trees and…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Protect the Assembly Rooms | Calls for Kurdish peace process welcomed | Time for Unity | Free Palestine
The North began, the North held on, The strife for native land; When Ireland rose to smite her foes God bless the Northern land Thomas Davis In the 1790s…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Martin Mc Guinness. A Reflection. | A Courageous Advocate for Palestinian | The only answer is Unity
Martin Mc Guinness. A Reflection. Friday the 21 March was the eighth anniversary of the death of our friend and leader Martin McGuinness. Like many others, I…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Defend Neutrality | Support the Occupied Territories Bill | Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig
Defend Neutrality. If truth be told the long standing claim of neutrality by the southern Irish state is not all its made out to be. It is a fact that…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Let's Welcome the World | Na Mná Abú | Opening the Gates of Hell
Let’s 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…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Seachtain na Gaeilge | Death of Dafyyd Elis-Thomas
Seachtain na Gaeilge Seachtain na Gaeilge used to run for one week but because it was so popular it was extended. It now runs annually from 1 March to 17 March…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Brendan McFarlane | Taking a Stand | Fáilte abhaile Leonard
Brendan McFarlane On Tuesday we buried our friend and comrade Brendan McFarlane. Bik texted me just over 2 weeks or so ago to say he was back in hospital. He…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
The Re-interment of Frank Stagg. | Slán Brendan
The Re-interment of Frank Stagg. Last week we remembered Frank Stagg who died on hunger strike in an English prison in February 1976. Frank began his fourth…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
My Internment by Roseleen Walsh | Climate Crisis |The World Stands at a Tipping Point
My Internment by Roseleen Walsh Roseleen Walsh is one of 36 women who were interned in the early 1970s. Her latest book – My Internment – tells the very…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Partitionism Rules | International support grows for Palestinian Struggle | OFF LINE.
Partitionism Rules. 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…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Starmer Waiving The Rules | Leonard Peltier - Going Home
Starmer Waiving The Rules. According to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer his government is looking at "every conceivable way" to prevent me and at least…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Dublin Lacks Ambition | Presidential Vote | Solidarity with the people of Palestine
Dublin Lacks Ambition Last week Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, supported by the regional independents, published their Programme for Government 2025. This contains…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
A Good Start To 2025 | Let the Music Keep the Spirits High | A Ceasefire
A Good Start To 2025. On Saturday last leading trade union activists from across the island of Ireland came together in Newry for a packed Ireland’s Future…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Ted Howell: A successful Irish revolutionary.
Nollaig na mBan Monday 6 January is traditionally the date on which the Christmas decorations are taken down. In the Christian calendar it marks the end of the…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Ted Howell - Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
ONE FLU OVER? I have the flu. It’s a sign of my loyalty to you dear reader, that I write this column in my sick bed. Bathed in sweat. I’ve changed my T shirt…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Nollag Shona Daoibhse.
Nollag Shona Daoibhse. I enjoy Christmas time. It a time for family and friends and for relaxation. For children and Dadaí na Nollaig and presents. For…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Release Leonard Peltier
Release Leonard Peltier Last week I posted a Christmas card to Leonard Peltier. I dont know if he will receive it. Or the numerous other notes and cards I have…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Hunger for Justice.
Protecting our environment Last week the Northern Executive took welcome and decisive action to protect our environment, our health and jobs by committing to a…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
The Numbers Game.
The Numbers Game. As I pen these lines it is too soon to attempt a deep analysis of the Leinster House election. Not all the counts have concluded although…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Sinn Féin can win this election.
SINN FÉIN CAN WIN THIS ELECTION. During the General Election campaign I have been in several constituencies. In Dublin, in Drogheda, Dundalk, and Donegal and…
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The local & the national, mind your language & Lá breithe Richard.
The local and the national I have been doing a wee bit of canvassing in the General Election in the South. The response has been positive. There are clearly…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Time for a Change of Government.
Time for a Change of Government. The southern general election was called last Friday. In just over two weeks’ time 174 Teachtaí Dála (TDs) will be elected to…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Defend Moore Street.
Prison Poems by Bobby Sands In a recent interview Christy Moore remarked that the death of Bobby Sands robbed us of a great writing talent. Christy was…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Sanctions Now.
Cage Eleven. This coming weekend O’Brien Press are republishing my book – Cage 11 - about my experience of life in Long Kesh between August 1975 and February…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Celebration of a unique social movement
ON Saturday night I was privileged to attend the oíche mhór Ghlór na Móna in Belfast’s City Hall. The event was to celebrate twenty years of this amazing Irish…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Irish America for Irish Unity
Ethel Kennedy It was with sadness I heard last week of the death of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of assassinated US Senator Robert Kennedy. She was aged 96. Ethel…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Unity | Future | It didn't start a year ago
Leo’s unity words are welcome Irish Unity is the big idea that will positively transform society on this island. Its popularity is growing and the economic…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Win | South Africa
WIN. This year’s Sinn Féin Ard Fheis last weekend was full of enthusiasm and passion with great speeches covering every issue imaginable and the delegates…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Moore Street | Máire Ferguson
Moore St. Demolition Gets Green Light The battle to save the iconic 1916 Moore Street Battlefield site has been ongoing for over 20 years. During that time…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Casement | Sean Brown | Unity
Casement Must Be Built Now. British government policy toward Ireland has long been dictated by Britain’s strategic self-interests. From the conquest of Ireland…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
The Far Right and Social Media | DeJa Vous
The Far Right and Social Media There has been a significant increase in recent times in far right racist, islamophobic and hate attacks on social media. The…