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- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Irish Voice | War Crimes
Slán Irish Voice Two weeks ago Niall O’Dowd, founder of the Irish American newspaper The Irish Voice announced that it was to close after 36 years. The New…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Britannia waives the rules | The Twelfth
Britannia waives the rules – again Internment was introduced 52 years ago next month on 9 August 1971. In the early hours of that morning 342 men and boys from…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Unity Debate | Irish Speaking Dogs | Féile 35
Debate on Irish Unity steps up Two successful events on the future of Ireland were held in Belfast and Dublin last week. The atmosphere and enthusiasm at both…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Protect Neutrality | Special Olympics | Dogs
Threat to Neutrality must be challenged Last June Micheál Martin, the then Taoiseach attacked the decades long neutrality policy of the Irish state. He claimed…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Moore Street | Coffin Ships | Pen Behind the Wire
Moore St The threat of demolition to parts of the Moore St Terrace - that played a central role in the Easter Rising - has increased significantly. Last month…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
St. Comgall’s and Eileen Howell | A New look at the Cinema and Unionism
St. Comgall’s and Eileen Howell St. Comgall’s/Ionad Eileen Howell in Divis St. will be formally opened next week on Thursday the 22 June. In honour and memory…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
On your bike | Protect the GFA
ON YOUR BIKE. I have given my good bike away. This marks a defining moment in my life. My good bike sat in the backyard for almost a year. That’s the last time…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Eddie Fullerton | Nakba
In March 1984 I was shot as I and four friends drove from Belfast Court. We were driving up May St. at the back of the City Hall when our car was fired on from…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Ar Slí An Fhirinne | Real Change |
Ar Slí An Fhirinne. It’s the age we’re at I tell myself and my declining peer group as we attend funeral after funeral this last wee while. The great wheel of…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
The People's Priest | Future of Ireland | Sean Keane
The People’s Priest: Fr. Des Wilson died in November 2019. I first met him in 1968. His long life was dedicated to helping people. During the years of…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Candidatitis | Palestinian Solidarity
Candidatitis: This syndrome is capable of moving even the most rational aspirant or shy wallflower into a state of extreme self belief. It strikes without…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Stardust Families | Republican Women | Coronation once again
Stardust families demand truth The inquest into the Stardust disaster opened in Dublin last week. The list of the dead from that terrible event in February…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
GFA25 | Presidential Voting Rights | Earth Day
Agreement 25 The three days of the conference to mark Agreement 25 at Queens University, a quarter of a century after the Good Friday Agreement, was an…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Stand Up | Terry O'Sullivan | Michelle Gildernew GFA25
Standing up for rights Among those who attended the Easter Sunday commemoration in Belfast two weeks ago was John Montgomery. I haven’t seen John in many years…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Back in the USA | Alex Maskey | Ceol
Back in the USA The 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement has attracted considerable national and international interest in recent weeks. Part of this…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Special podcast Part 2
A special podcast by Gerry Adams part 2. Marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Gerry’s guests include Mitchel McLaughlin, Bairbre De Brún…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Lucilita Bhreatnach GFA25 | Wear a Lily | Unity for Everyone
I am writing my notes for this week's podcast in New York. Richard and I were there last weekend working on my remarks for Monday night when President Bill…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Good Friday Agreement Special Pt 1
Myself, Mitchel McLaughlin, Bairbre De Brún and Gerry Kelly who all involved in the negotiations at that time, reflect on the 25th anniversary of the Good…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
H-Blocks Easter 1998 | GFA Protects Everyone | Israel’s apartheid war
The Good Friday Agreement protects everyone At the beginning of the month Jeffrey Donaldson established a panel, which includes Peter Robinson, Arlene Foster…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Remembering Martin | Beauty an Oileáin | GFA 25 with Sue Ramsey
Talking about Martin McGuinness Tuesday was the sixth anniversary of the death of my friend and comrade Martin McGuinness. I travelled to the Derry City Hotel…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
GFA25 Gerry Kelly | St Patrick | Bono's Book
Celebrating St. Patrick and the GFA This week Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald and Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill will be in the USA for the St…
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GFA 25 | Macalla na mBán
Macalla na mBán. This week’s column is dedicated to women. It includes a guest piece by Bairbre de Brún, former MLA and Minister. Wednesday was International…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Moore Street | Decision Time | Wounded Knee | Horror in Palestine
The Story of Moore Street Last week the Moore Street Preservation Trust held an Urgent Public Meeting in Liberty Hall in Dublin to discuss the crisis…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Decision Time | Unity is Our Future | Stand Up | Letting Sleping Dogs Lie
Make Your Mind Up Time. As I write this column the rumours are rife that the European Commission and the British government are close to an agreement – maybe –…
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Celebrating Activism | Prison Books | Brendan Behan
Celebrating with Alex and Fra Republicans don’t say thank you often enough to each other. Fra McCann and Alex Maskey are 50 year activists. That is they have…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Moore St | Prison Books | Have your Say
Moore St belongs to the people The importance of the Moore Street 1916 Battlefield site was best summed up by Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins who said…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Duke of York | Bloody Sunday | Citizens Assembly
The Duke of York The recent cold snap and the sniffles of many of my associates reminded me of when I was a young curate in The Duke of York pub in Commercial…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Trees | Freedom | First Dáil
TREES I want to recommend that you make friends with a tree. Any tree. Pick one in your local park or glen or up on a mountain. Get up close and friendly with…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
British Government STUPIDITIES
BE PREPARED FOR MORE STUPIDITIES I considered ignoring the British Government’s exclusion of the Sinn Féin President from the recent talks. Then I thought why…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Don’t Let The Old Man In | Failure of Leadership
Don’t Let The Old Man In I'VE been at a lot of funerals recently. It seems someone from my circle of friends, comrades, associates or neighbours is dying every…
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2023 is the year for enlightened persuasion
2022 should be marked down as the year when we eventually got rid of the last of England’s Penal Laws imposed upon us in 1737. Well done An Dream Dearg and…
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A night before Christmas: Long Kesh 1973
Beannachtaí daoibhse go leir. Have a great Christmas, dear readers. Thanks and benedictions also to the Belfast Media Group team. Christmas can be a sad and…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Joseph McKelvey: Sevastopol Street's other icon
THE Sinn Féin building on the Falls Road at the corner of Sevastopol St. is internationally famous for its mural of Bobby Sands. Less well known is the fact…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Massacre in Instalments | Irish Unity
A massacre in Instalments AS I write this column the number of Palestinians killed this year by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank, East…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Maire and Martin Ferris | Adrian Dunbar in Moore Street
Marie Ferris and Martin. A week or so ago on November 18 in Killarney 820 republicans broke bread together in honour of Martin and Marie Ferris. It was a great…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Words | Moore Street
Words. In Ireland the English which we use is Hiberno English. We use Irish language constructions a lot as well as many Irish words or words based on Irish…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Briege and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin | Shane MacGowan | Alcohol Abuse
Thank You Briege and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin Friends from far and near were in the Four Seasons Hotel in Monaghan last Saturday night for a special testimonial…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Cuban Embargo | Presidential Votes | Good day out
Time to Extend Presidential Vote to North and Diaspora Last week I wrote about the threat posed to our world by climate change. The international climate…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Climate Emergency | Brazil | Good Advice
Good Advice? I thought I might pass on a random sample of some of the personal advice I have been given over the years. You dear reader might, like me, benefit…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Conway Mill | Famine | Bono
Conway Mill – 40th birthday Conway Mill has been at the heart of west Belfast for over almost 200 years. First as a hard place of work for generations of local…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Belfast Peoples Assembly || Well done Ciarán and Orlaith || Wee Baby Brothers
Wee Baby Brothers My mother, Annie, gave birth to thirteen of us. I am the oldest. Then came Margaret, Paddy, Ann, Frances, Liam, Jim and David, Sean and his…
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Cresslough | Same old Story | Patrick Kavanagh
Cresslough I know Creeslough well. I have friends who live there. Outside the village. At both ends. My heart goes out to the families of the ten people who…
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Together we Can | Belfast Peoples Assembly | State Murder in the Glens | Lucas
Together we Can Ireland’s Future is well named. Its landmark event last Saturday in Dublin was all about the future. Saturday’s conference was an ambitious…
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We are not invisible || Our Ireland Also || Moore Street Scandal
We are not invisible” – Springhill families Last week the family of Loughlin Maginn settled a case against the British Ministry of Defence and the PSNI over…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
The English Monarchy: A Tolerance of Differences || Colm’s Harps
The English Monarchy: A Tolerance of Differences At the same time I have no time for hierarchies, aristocrats or royalty, whether they are political…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Another British PM closer to Unity || ON DANGEROUS GROUND || THE CHIEFTAINS WALK
Another British PM closer to Unity Liz Truss is now the leader of the Conservative Party and British Prime Minister. No real surprise there. She is the fourth…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Prison Privileges || Belfast People's Assembly
Belfast People's Assembly Last summer Sinn Féin announced the setting up of a ‘Commission on the Future of Ireland.’ The Commission is a unique and ambitious…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
National Hunger Strike March || An Dream Dearg - Cearta Teanga || The Troubles I’ve Seen
National Hunger Strike March Comhgairdheas to all of those who organised and participated in Sunday’s Belfast march to remember the hunger strikers of this and…
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Congrats Antrim Ladies || Women of Armagh || Now for Féile 35 || Justice for Noah
The Women of Antrim. Congratulations to Antrim Ladies All Ireland Football Champions 2022 and Antrim’s All Ireland Camogie Champions. Na mná abú. The Women of…
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A Windfall Tax urgently needed || Moore St at the Féile || Where is the International Community?
A Windfall Tax urgently needed The cost of living crisis is taking a terrible toll on families. Food and energy bills are increasing at a phenomenal rate…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
The Ark | David Trimble
The Ark The Ark wasn't a big public house. Situated at the corner of Broadbent Street on the Old Lodge Road it consisted of a public bar, partitioned from a…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
SWEETS I USED TO KNOW | Britain’s legacy of shoot-to-kill
SWEETS I USED TO KNOW There was a Sweetie Shop across from Saint Finian’s School, just above Leeson Street on the Falls Road. It had a large advertisement for…
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Stand up against sectarianism | I love benches
I love benches. I like to spend as much time as I can outdoors. Now in case I give the wrong impression let me make it clear that I am not all the time walking…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Scots set date for independence referandum | After Boris what next? | Liberty Hall Concert in aid of Moore St
Scots set date for independence referandum. The Government of Scotland has moved decisively by setting the date for a referendum on sovereignty and…
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Do Your Job Leo | The Springhill/Westrock families deserve truth | Looking forward to Féile
Do Your Job Leo! Some of our political leaders in Dublin repeatedly reduce their offices to the status of an observer. This affects many matters which fall…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Bingo and the Burger | The Protocol debacle | A masterclass of song and music
Bingo: My recollections last week on my successful battle against the dreaded nicotine, sparked, pardon the pun, similar recollections from some of my friends…
- Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
The Collectors Story | Smoking back in the day
The Collectors Story I have known Tom Hartley for 55 years. During that time he has given decades of service to the republican cause. He has been an organiser…
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Three Books | International Brigade against Apartheid | On the Blanket by Eoghan MacCormaic
Three Books I thought it would be a good idea to dedicate an occasional column to books. We can return to Brexit, the Protocol and other such matters at…