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Novara MediaNovara MediaDownstream: Ash Sarkar meets Gerry AdamsThis interview would once have been illegal to broadcast in the UK. For many, Gerry Adams is a peacemaker, but for others he remains inseparable from the violence and trauma of the Troubles. Ash Sarkar travels to the James Connolly Centre in West Belfast to talk to Adams about the slow rise of his party, Sinn Féin, the emotional demands of leading a political movement, and his responsibility to the victims of IRA violence. Help us build people-powered media: https://novara.media/support2025-07-281h 16Novara MediaNovara MediaDownstream: Ash Sarkar meets Gerry AdamsThis interview would once have been illegal to broadcast in the UK. For many, Gerry Adams is a peacemaker, but for others he remains inseparable from the violence and trauma of the Troubles. Ash Sarkar travels to the James Connolly Centre in West Belfast to talk to Adams about the slow rise of his party, Sinn Féin, the emotional demands of leading a political movement, and his responsibility to the victims of IRA violence. Help us build people-powered media: https://novara.media/support 2025-07-281h 16The Indo DailyThe Indo DailyGerry Adams: What €100K defamation win against the BBC means for his legacy, Sinn Féin and Irish mediaLast Friday, Gerry Adams won a High Court defamation action against the BBC and has been awarded €100,000 in damages. Mr Adams’ legacy and how he will be viewed in the history books was very much at stake in the trial. Has this landmark case set a precedent for how media organisations can cover the Troubles going forward? Host: Fionnán Sheahan. Guests: Shane Phelan and John Downing See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2025-06-0428 minThe State of UsThe State of UsEXTRA: Gerry Adams v The BBC – The VerdictAn extra episode of The State of Us. Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams wins his libel case against the BBC and is awarded €100,000 (£84,000) in damages. Tara Mills and Declan Harvey talk to BBC Crime and Justice Correspondent Julian O’Neill who has covered everyday of the high profile case and former BBC Political Editor Mark Devenport who has written a book about Gerry Adams.Mr Adams sued the BBC over a 2016 Spotlight programme and online report in which an anonymous source alleged he sanctioned the murder of a British agent, Denis Donald...2025-05-3038 minThe BelTelThe BelTelGerry Adams wins his defamation case against the BBCA jury in Dublin has awarded Gerry Adams €100,000 in damages. The former Sinn Féin leader won his High Court defamation action against the BBC on Friday morning. It followed a five-week defamation trial. The jury agreed with Mr Adams that a BBC Spotlight programme, defamed him by alleging he sanctioned the killing of former Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson – he has always denied any involvement. Mark Tighe reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-05-3017 minThe State of UsThe State of UsGerry Adams v The BBCAfter four weeks of evidence in Dublin, the jury in Gerry Adams' libel case against the BBC is expected to be sent out to consider its findings soon.He is suing over a 2016 Spotlight programme and online report in which an anonymous source alleged the former Sinn Féin leader sanctioned the murder of a British agent, Denis Donaldson.Mr Adams, 76, denies the claim.Hit subscribe to get our next episode once the jury reaches their verdict.Get in touch: thestateofus@bbc.co.uk2025-05-2731 minThe BelTelThe BelTelGerry Adams’ BBC defamation trial: Jury hears final argumentsA jury in a Dublin court has heard a third week of evidence in the Gerry Adams defamation trial. The former Sinn Féin leader is suing the BBC over a claim made in a Spotlight program – that he gave the go ahead for Dennis Donaldson to be murdered. Gerry Adams vehemently denies any involvement in the killing.  Mark Tighe joined Ciarán Dunbar.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-05-2314 minThe BelTelThe BelTelGerry Adams accused BBC barrister of trying to persuade a jury he has “no reputation whatsoever”Gerry Adams has been under cross-examination in Dublin. The former Sinn Féin leader has taken a defamation case against the BBC. He claims a Spotlight programme defamed him - by alleging he sanctioned the murder of Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson months after admitting his role as a police and MI5 agent for 20 years – Mr Adams denies any knowledge of the killing.  Mark Tighe has been covering the case for the Sunday Independent, he joins Ciarán Dunbar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-05-1120 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsA Good Start To 2025 | Let the Music Keep the Spirits High | A CeasefireA 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 event in the Thomas Davis Hub. It was a wet winter morning and i was pleasantly uplifted by the turn out. The panel included ICTU assistant general secretary Gerry Murphy, Unison regional general secretary Patricia McKeown, Phil Ni Sheaghdha, general secretary of the Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Katie Morgan of FORSA, Greg Ennis of SIPTU and Gerry McCormack of the ICTU. It was a lively and info...2025-01-1918 minThe News AgentsThe News AgentsCould the UK taxpayer end up paying millions to Gerry Adams?At PMQs today, Kemi Badenoch accused the Government of writing "a cheque to compensate Gerry Adams”, the former leader of Sinn Féin. The Prime Minister has said he will look at "every conceivable way" to prevent such a compensation payout. How could Labour’s plans to change legislation see Gerry Adams and other suspected IRA members receive compensation for internment during the Troubles? We speak to Alex Burghart, Shadow Northern Ireland secretary.Tickets to The News Agents Live On Stage with HSBC UK are now on sale! You can get your tickets for Birmingham, Manch...2025-01-1530 minCoffee House ShotsCoffee House ShotsWhy would the government pay Gerry Adams?With rumours swirling around Westminster and after Keir Starmer’s less than convincing defence of his Chancellor earlier in the week, Rachel Reeves has found some brief respite. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed that inflation dipped to 2.5 per cent in the 12 months to December, down from 2.6 per cent the month before. It’s welcome news for a Chancellor who is under pressure, so is she safe? Elsewhere, there is a fresh row emerging concerning Gerry Adams. The government is proposing to repeal legislation, enacted in 2023, that prevents Gerry Adams and 400 others from claiming ‘compensation’ for having been det...2025-01-1510 minSTILL HERE BITCH: Mature LGBTQ+ Dating & RelationshipsSTILL HERE BITCH: Mature LGBTQ+ Dating & RelationshipsSHB EP#1.8: Decoding LGBTQ+ Caregiving with Mary-Anne AdamsOn this episode of STILL HERE BITCH: Mature LGBTQ+ Dating & Relationships Podcast, Gerry chats with Atlanta-based Lesbian activist, social worker & founder of  ZAMI NOBLA Mary Anne Adams about the unique & tricky factors surrounding caregiving as an LGBTQ+ family member; the power of Asking For Help; and the wisdom of Diversifying Your Social Community While Aging. Grab a pen - it's great stuff.https://www.instagram.com/shbpodcast/2025 LOUDAGENDA ProductionsArtist: Gerry WalkerComposer: Karl Learmont2024-12-2441 minThe Indo DailyThe Indo DailyMary Lou McDonald talks The Monk, Brian Stanley, why Gerry Adams won't be President and her pathway to powerWith only a couple of days before the General Election, Mary Lou McDonald tells The Indo Daily how she won't be working with Gerry Hutch, how former Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has ‘made his bed’ and why Gerry Adams will not become president of Ireland, despite speculation of a future bid. Host: Ellen Coyne and Phillip Ryan, Guest; Mary Lou McDonald See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2024-11-2643 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsThis will Pass | Sactions Now | EllaThis Too Will PassAll of this is grist to the mill of our opponents. But we do not begrudge them that. One of our political achievements is to expose the sameness of these parties interests and policies. We now have to create an alternative. So we have to play our own game regardless of what the naysayers claim. Unlike the southern parties Sinn Féin is currently fighting the British general election in the North. So we have to bend our will to that before gathering ourselves for what comes after. One thing is for certain w...2024-06-1615 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsA Boy Named Jay | 2024 Momentum towards UnityA Boy named JayI did a book signing for Christmas at An Fhuiseog’s stand in the Kennedy Centre. It was a pleasant hour of banter and craic, meeting old friends and making new ones. Gerry Kelly was there just before me but he escaped when I arrived. So it was just me and the punters. And RG and Maggie who was selling all matter of gifts for An Fhuiseog. 2024 – Momentum toward Unity Polls set to increaseAfter weeks, months, of public and private negotiations it is still not clear as 2023 draws to a...2023-12-2413 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsMoore Street | Never Alone | Walking with my motherUnique Robert Ballagh Moore Street PrintAs regular readers of this column know I have been involved for a very long time in the campaign to protect and develop as a historic and cultural quarter the Moore St. Terrace and its environs in Dublin. The entire terrace 10-25 Moore Street was occupied by the evacuated GPO garrison at the end of Easter Week 1916. The developer - Hammerson - wants to demolish much of the terrace.You Are Never Alone With A Book.  I’m glad to say I finished reading a few books over...2023-09-1013 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsFrederick Douglass | Hunger Strike Commemoration | Pen Behind The WireFrederick Douglass takes pride of place in BelfastA great crowd turned out on Monday morning in Lombard St. in Belfast City Centre for the unveiling by Belfast City Ard Mheara Ryan Murphy of a very fine statue of Frederick Douglass, escaped slave and human rights campaigner. It is a striking image of Douglass who is an iconic figure for his work on campaigning for an end to slavery and for equality and justice for African Americans and for women. He visited Ireland in 1845-46 just before the worst years of The Great Hunger. National H...2023-08-0514 minSinn FéinSinn Féin'The Martin McGuinness I knew' – Gerry Adams interviewGerry Adams in conversation with renowned journalist Roy Greenslade to mark the 6th anniversary of Martin's deathIn 1972 a 23-year-old Gerry Adams first met a 22-year old Martin McGuinness while preparing for talks with the British Government in London.  That first meeting was the beginning of 45 years of an unbroken comradeship between the two men that have led the republican struggle to where it is today.https://linktr.ee/sinnfein2023-07-031h 40Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsSpecial podcast Part 2A 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 and Gerry Kelly who all involved in the negotiations at that time..2023-04-1039 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLucilita Bhreatnach GFA25 | Wear a Lily | Unity for EveryoneI 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 Clinton and I will share reflections on the Good Friday Agreement negotiations and developments since then. I will return to this in next week’s column. President Clinton played a critical role in the build-up to the Agreement, encouraged and supported by Irish America. He was at the end of the phone as agreement was reached and has been an enabler of our process ever since. So too has...2023-04-0920 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsGood Friday Agreement Special Pt 1Myself, 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 Friday Agreement. 2023-04-0645 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsRemembering Martin | Beauty an Oileáin | GFA 25 with Sue RamseyTalking about Martin McGuinnessTuesday was the sixth anniversary of the death of my friend and comrade Martin McGuinness. I travelled to the Derry City Hotel that evening for a public conversation about my relationship with Martin with Roy Greenslade. Roy is an author, broadcaster and journalist who during a long and distinguished career has held a series of senior positions in many of London’s main newspapers.Beauty an OileáinRegular readers will know that I am a big fan of Claddagh Records. Founded by Garech Browne and Ivor Browne, for dec...2023-03-2618 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsGFA25 Gerry Kelly | St Patrick | Bono's BookCelebrating St. Patrick and the GFAThis week Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald and Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill will be in the USA for the St. Patrick’s Day events. St. Patrick’s Day or week is regular part of the annual calendar for the Irish diaspora everywhere but especially in the USA.Mary Lou and Michelle and Conor Murphy will engage in an extensive round of diplomatic talks with senior political leaders on Capitol Hill. They will brief them on the current situation and attend events with business leaders to promot...2023-03-1915 minToday In History with The RetrospectorsToday In History with The RetrospectorsDubbing Gerry AdamsThe ‘broadcasting ban’ on 11 Northern Irish organizations including Sinn Fein was finally lifted by Prime Minister John Major on 16th September, 1994, one fortnight after an IRA ceasefire had been achieved.The regulations, implemented six years earlier by Margaret Thatcher and her Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, prevented British TV networks from broadcasting interviews with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, lest they drum up sympathy for Republicanist terrorism. So the broadcasters found a workaround: they employed voice actors to dub over the interviews.In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly re-examine some of the absurd circ...2022-09-1612 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsA funny kind of New Year’s resolution | CAPUCHIN GENEROSITY AT CHRISTMAS | BOOKS OF THE YEARA funny kind of New Year’s resolution:NEW Year resolutions and I are old friends. Usually I muse at the end of the old year about what I need to commit myself to for new year’s arrival. This year the pandemic cuts down the options. Going to the gym isn't on. Taking up senior hurling or football? Same problem. Stopping the drink? Maybe? But seeing as I am fairly sober most of the time it would be going too far not to have a wee deoch every so often. For medicinal purposes.CAP...2022-01-0214 minAn Scéal Eile - Friends of Sinn Féin USAAn Scéal Eile - Friends of Sinn Féin USAGerry Adams Address to the Springfield (MA) Hunger Strike CommemorationSpringfield Massachusetts Remembers the 1981 Hunger Strikers. In a well-attended commemoration in the Rose Garden in Forest Park, wreaths were laid and songs were sung to remember the 1981 Hunger Strikers. Speeches were made by Chairman of the Friends of Ireland Caucus Rep. Richard Neal, Mayor Domenic. J. Sarno and former Hunger Striker Pat Sheehan MLA. Pat remembered lost friends, spoke of his own experiences of surviving 55 days on Hunger Strike and his hopes for the future. The Irish Proclamation was read by Caroline Murray JD and the event ended with music from Deidre Reilly. ...2021-10-2610 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsBoris is a Chancer | Nor Meekly Serve my time | The biggest Cuban Flag in the WorldBoris is a Chancer:Last week was not a good week for Boris Johnson. Even before the weekend’s G7 summit began in Cornwall the news agenda was already dominated by reports that the US government had issued a démarche to the British in advance of President Biden’s arrival.I must admit I had never heard of a démarche. During my years of negotiations with the Irish, British, US and other governments it was not a piece of diplomatic speak I had ever come across. Nor Meekly Serve my time...2021-06-2023 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsMaster Plan for Moore Street Unveiled | A fine day, thank God | Frederick DouglassMaster Plan for Moore Street UnveiledMost readers know that Moore Street in Dublin City Centre holds a special place in the history of Ireland. It was in Moore Street and the surrounding streets and laneways and at the nearby GPO that a fierce battle was fought between the 1916 republican forces and the British Army. Number 16 Moore Street was where five of the seven signatories of the Proclamation held their last meeting before the surrender.A fine day, thank God.We are launching a Celebrate the Good Weather While...2021-06-1315 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsPreparing for Unity | Well done to those within loyalism who are trying to keep the peace:Preparing for Unity:Hardly a week goes passed without some new aspect or commentary emerging on the issue of Irish Unity. When will the unity referendum by held? What criteria should the British Secretary of State apply when deciding on the date? What is the role of the Irish government? What will the question/s be that will be asked of citizens? How will the referendums be structured and what new laws might be needed to facilitate them.Well done to loyalists trying to keep the peace:They are also...2021-06-0621 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsBelfast tribute to two remarkable women | Blues legend - Rab McCullough | Mountain memoriesBelfast tribute to two remarkable women:Two Belfast women, Mary Ann McCracken and Winifred Carney, will soon have statues commemorating their heroism, leadership and commitment to social justice and freedom erected in the grounds of Belfast City HallBlues legend-  Rab McCullough:Recently I asked Rab if he would join Tomboy, BikMcFarlane and other exprisoner musicans, post the Covid restrictions, in a session of music from the 60s and 70s that they played together with Bobby in the Crum and Long Kesh. Rab was delighted to be asked. He rhymed off a...2021-05-2926 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsBallymurphy came out of familiar playbook | Poots faces a big challengeBallymurphy came out of familiar playbook:The response of the Tory government of Boris Johnson, like that of Cameron and of every British and Unionist government for 50 years, has been to cover up the culpability of their forces in the killing and wounding of citizens. On the day that a Coroner found that nine innocent citizens were murdered by the Paras. Downing Street issued a statement in which it said that the British Government intends introducing “a legacy package that delivers better outcomes for victims, survivors and veterans, focuses on information recovery and reconciliation, and ends th...2021-05-2322 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsInnocent | Standing Idly By. Again | A Great result for AntrimInnocent:This week the long running campaign for truth and justice by the families of the 10 people killed by the Parachute Regiment in Ballymurphy during internment in August 1971 was vindicated with the judgement in the Inquest findings.Standing Idly By. Again :In December 2017 the then Taoiseach, Mr. Varadkar said: “To the nationalist people in Northern Ireland... You will never again be left behind by an Irish Government.”That was warmly welcomed by most right thinking people at that time though some of us thought it was unlikely to be true...2021-05-1622 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsUnionism at another crossroads | Israel still enforcing apartheidUnionism at another crossroads:Monday was the birthday of partition. It was a century since the Northern State formally came into existence with the passing into law on May 3, 1921 of the Government of Ireland Act. Unionist parties, the British government and some others tried –unsuccessfully for the most part – to turn this into a birthday celebration. The British government’s colonial office in Belfast, the NIO (Northern Ireland Office), not the Executive or Assembly, was given the task of organising this. Some bright spark came up with the idea of using Seamus Heaney and Mary Peters’ images u...2021-05-0924 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLet’s plan our own Future together | ANC supports Unity Referendum and a United Ireland.Let’s plan our own Future togetherMichelle O’Neill hit the nail on the head in her interview on the Late Late Show with Ryan Tubridy last Friday evening. She said: “In the light of Brexit there is a stark choice that has opened up for people. Which Union do you wish to be part of? Do you wish to be part of an inclusive inward looking Ireland? ... There is something better for us to own our future together. Plan it. Find a way to insure that both Irish identity and British identity can live side b...2021-05-0223 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsInflexible Unionism | Black Mountain | Palestinian Prisoners DayInflexible Unionism The current unionist narrative seeks to present the present political crisis as the fault of everyone else except themselves. Mostly they blame the Irish Protocol element of the Brexit Withdrawal Treaty, the Irish government and the EU, and the funeral of Bobby Storey ten months ago. Black Mountain.I’m pleased to say that I sent the final draft of my new book to O Brien Press this week. My original book title was The Witness Tree but I’ve opted now for Black Mountain and Other Stories. There...2021-04-2520 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsThe Process of Change Must Continue | Voting for Bobby SandsThe Process of Change Must Continue:The recent loyalist sponsored violence and the provocative and inflammatory language of unionist political leaders has led to speculation about what the violence is really all about? Voting for Bobby Sands:As many readers will know this year marks 40 years since the 1981 hunger strike. It was a traumatic, difficult and yet historic year which undoubtedly shaped future politics on this island in ways none of us could have foreseen at the time.2021-04-1826 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsWhy Would Arlene Leave Fermanagh? | The second battle of Moore StreetWhy Would Arlene Leave Fermanagh?Arlene Foster talks of leaving the North in the event of a Yes referendum vote for a United Ireland.   “I cannot see how I could be British in Fermanagh, in a United Ireland, because by the very definition you are no longer British because you are living in an all-Ireland state.”I see no reason for Arlene to leave Fermanagh. That will be her decision of course, not mine. But Fermanagh is her  homeplace regardless of its future constitutional status. Why anyone who suffered during the conflict and survive...2021-04-1117 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsBeannachtaí na Cásca | Bin the Orange Card | Inclusion and Reconciliation in the new Ireland | Easter EggsBin the Orange Card Time & again unionist leaders have whipped up anger & fear. Playing the Orange Card is older than the northern state. It’s time to call a halt. It’s time to bin the Orange Card.Inclusion and Reconciliation in the new IrelandAs part of our desire for a greater understanding of the issues involved and of the measures needed to confront sectarianism and hate Sinn Féin this month commenced an internal dialogue on inclusion and reconciliation.  As new ideas and proposals emerge with increasing momentum around the sha...2021-04-0423 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsMicheál Martin has it badly wrong on Irish unity | The big cat and dog debate - I love dogs!Micheál has it badly wrong on Irish unity:While no-one was able to travel to the USA this St Patrick’s Day because of the pandemic restrictions it was still nonetheless a good couple of weeks for the peace process, the Good Friday Agreement, the demand for the referendum on unity and for the campaign for a United Ireland. Friends of Sinn Féin successfully fund-raised the money to pay for major adverts in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Irish American papers. Under the banner headline: ‘A United Ireland: Let the Pe...2021-03-2825 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLá Féile Padráig Faoi Mhaise Daoibhse | Seachtain na Gaeilge | Jaz McCann's 6000 days6000 DAYS.Jaz McCann writes very well. The reader is quickly drawn into his world. From the opening sentences of his Prologue Jaz paints the sights and sounds, the emotions, shocks, excitement, sadness, smells and the savage brutality and amazing horrors of his 6000 Days of incarceration, mostly in the H Blocks of Long Kesh. He also makes us witness to the incredible courage, vision, commitment, solidarity, idealism, generosity, quirkiness, anger, native contrariness, humour, comradeship and stubbornness of the political prisoners.Lá Féile Padráig Faoi Mhaise Daoibhse.I like Saint Patricks Day...2021-03-2122 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsUp The Republic, She Raised The Battle Cry: Kathleen (Largey) ThompsonIt is my great privilege to have met many fine women and men over the years. The Léargas series of books is a record of some of these I came to know or to know of along life’s journey. It is very personal to me.This week I published the latest of these. The seventh book in the series is titled; ‘Kathleen Thompson – Up The Republic, She Raised The Battle Cry’. It is a tribute to my good friend Kathleen Thompson and it includes a limited edition of one of her most popular CDs – Leg...2021-03-1413 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsMarch 1st 1981: A date to remember | The Belfast HillsA date to rememberDates can evoke powerful memories for all of us. The birth or death of a loved one; a wedding; a new job; a joyous family occasion or a tragedy. Some memories can be so strong that it’s as if we are still there now. The smells, the noise, the fear, the joy, the sadness.March 1st, the date I pen these words, is one of those dates for me. Walking the Belfast HillsI have always enjoyed walking. Especially with a dog. Or...2021-03-0712 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsPolitical Unionism and Operation FearSo what are we to make of the threats by some Unionist leaders over the Irish Protocol? Do we ignore them? I think not.  Even though we have heard all this all our lives it is too serious to ignore. Operation Fear needs challenged. Threats of violence or the use of violence by Unionists to get their own way have been a regular feature of Irish political life going back to the nineteenth century. Sectarian pogroms, the use of the “Orange Card” by unionist and Tory politicians, discrimination in jobs and housing, the gerrymandering of elections, state...2021-02-2811 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsFly Me To The MoonFly Me To The Moon.I downloaded a new album, Cheek to Cheek, by Tony Bennett and Lady GaGa. It is brilliant. I am a longtime fan of Mr Bennett and in more recent times, Lady GaGa. Tony Bennett is celebrated for his decades of singing hit songs.  He has also been a life long activist, a dedicated pacifist and an advocate for social justice and a cleaner environment. He marched with Martin Luther King in the Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights demonstration. He is also an acclaimed painter whose work has raised m...2021-02-2112 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsBrexit - A Child of the DUP and Anger at attack on victims and survivorsBrexit - A Child of the DUP.I have been watching the machinations of the DUP over the Article 16 carry on. TSo, what’s it all about? For me it’s very simple. Brexit is a child of the DUP. The DUP were hell bound for Brexit. They disregarded all advice and suggestions from all quarters about the likely consequences. Now they complain. Very much like someone jumping into a lake and then complaining about being wet. So lets be  clear. Who  has the responsibility for the current Brexit difficulties? The Dem...2021-02-1417 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsOutrage at attack on Bookies familiesOn the 5th of February 1992, five  people were brutally murdered, with a further seven  injured in a massacre carried out by the UDA.   Each year the relatives and friends and the local community hold a remembrance ceremony at the site of the attack. This year, in keeping with Covid restrictions only relatives attended. They wore masks and were socially distanced.Video footage of the event shows disturbing evidence of a heavy handed PSNI intervention. This resulted in relatives being left deeply distressed and one man Mark Sykes – who was shot four times in the original 1992 attack – being manhand...2021-02-0618 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsFra McCann's amazing life of struggle; Growing support for a border referendum; Me, Larry King and the SF broadcast ban Fra McCann's amazing life of struggleI have known Fra McCann for almost 50 years. Even as he battles prostate cancer Fra continues to live his life as a republican activist – an MLA representing the people of the Falls, an area and a people he loves. Like many others it was the pogrom of August 1969 that changed Fra’s life.  The barricades went up in Belfast and local people stepped forward to defend their community. Among them was a very young Fra. Several years later, aged 18, he was interned on the prison ship Maidstone for a month before being...2021-01-3117 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsDes Wilson – A Voice for the Poor and Oppressed by Joe McVeigh; The ANC and the 1981 hunger strikers; The storming of the CapitolDes Wilson – A Voice for the Poor and Oppressed by Joe McVeighFr. Joe McVeigh was a close friend and colleague of Des Wilson. It wasn’t just that both were priests. They both shared a passionate believe in justice and were committed to standing up for the rights of citizens against a British state apparatus which was oppressive and violent.The ANC and the 1981 hunger strikersThe year after the 1994 election I had the honour and pleasure to meet Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu. In June 1995 I travelled to South Afri...2021-01-1716 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsMy 2021 list and the Unity ConversationSinging and climbing in 2021A Chairde,  a very happy 2021 to you all. Here are ten personal things I want to do in this bright new year. ·        Survive the pandemic. Stay alive and stay healthy. That means following the health advice and getting the vaccine as soon as I can. ·        Climb Errigal again. I used to do that regularly but the pandemic and travel restrictions intruded. Ewan McColl wrote ‘The Joy Of Living’, a very fine song when he realised that he could not hill walk or climb as he used to because of his age. I never real...2021-01-0309 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsThe Government of Ireland Act and Time to end PartitionThe Government of Ireland Act was signed into British Law by a British King on 23 December 1920. In 1998 Sinn Féin succeeded in having this act scrapped - I will write about that process and its implications in the New Year.Partition was born out of violence and the threat of greater violence by unionism supported by the British government. In July 1920 nearly five thousand Catholics who were working in the two Belfast shipyards were expelled from their jobs. Over the following days more Catholic workers were expelled from the engineering works and many of the textile mills across t...2020-12-2134 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsGunboat Diplomacy and the DUP dup-ed againNollaig Shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibhse go leir. I know it’s going to be a strange Christmas. It’s always poignant as we think of absent friends and family but this year especially we think of those who fell victim to the Pandemic. It’s very important that we do the best we can to stay safe, to keep our families and our friends safe and to follow the basic health advice and rules. It’s also close to the time when the British government has to make its mind up on Brexit. Brexit is...2020-12-2014 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsDanny D's new book and 'The Session'This week's Podcast has its roots in a conversation with Danny D; Rab; & Tomboy. We were all in Cage 11 with Bobby Sands and recalled his learning the guitar. I  also reflect on the ongoing plight of the Palestinian people.2020-12-0620 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsThe Economic Benefits of a United Ireland; Remembering Danny Groves; and the Pat Finucane caseIts Gerry Adams here again.And a very big welcome to you all to this Podcast.On Friday Sinn Féin published its discussion paper the Economic Benefits of a United Ireland.It is an exciting contribution to the growing conversation about the future, about a new Ireland – a shared, agreed Ireland. The big question that some people put up who are against the ending of the union and self-government or who just aren’t sure, is can we afford it? This discussion document reveals an island economy which is capa...2020-11-2214 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsSolidarity with Palestinian Hunger Striker Remembering Pat McGivern and well done Breanndán O Beaglaoich071120It’s Gerry Adams and in this podcast I want to deal with a number of issues: a hunger strike by a Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras and the success of Breanndán O Beaglaoich First of all I want to welcome, after 103 days, the end of the hunger strike by Palestinian prisoner Maher al Akhras.It is a testimony to his courage and fortitude and determination to highlight a grave injustice by the Israeli authorities.There is a close affinity between the people of Ireland and the peop...2020-11-0710 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams'Hold and stick to the Republic' The Story of Kevin BarryFew names from the Tan War 100 years ago are as well known that of Kevin Barry. His torture and execution by the British at the age of 18 generated huge national and international attention.His name evokes a deep rooted emotional connection to a young man who heroically fought for Irish freedom and lost his life at the end of a hangman’s rope.The song was written a few months after his death. No one knows who wrote the lyrics but there are few songs of Ireland’s long struggle for freedo...2020-10-2517 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsAnother part of our history destroyedMy Podcast this week deals with the demolition of Herbert Park in Dublin, the home of the only leader of the 1916 Rising to be killed in action, and the report of the Independent Panel of Inquiry into the Circumstances of the H-Block and Armagh Prison Protests 1976-1981.’ 40 Herbert Park was demolished two weeks ago in a shameful act of political and corporate vandalism and greed. Its demolition again raises serious concerns at the refusal of successive Irish governments to protect Moore Street, part of the “laneways of history” linked to 1916 and where th...2020-10-0913 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsThank you Chuck FeeneyFor those of you who don’t know him or have never heard of him Chuck Feeney is an extraordinary human being whose kindness and vision has brought hope and joy to millions. Last week he signed the papers to finally bring an end to Atlantic Philanthropies – a humanitarian and charitable organisation he established in 1982. His purpose was to give away his 8 billion dollar fortune.I first met Chuck in 1993. Niall Ó Dowd brought the two of us together. We hit it off from that first crinniú. Later he was part of a delegation of Irish America...2020-09-2610 minAn Scéal Eile - Friends of Sinn Féin USAAn Scéal Eile - Friends of Sinn Féin USAIrish Unity and the Role of Irish America with Gerry Adams, Joe Crowley and Christine KineallyThe Good Friday Agreement provides a peaceful and democratic pathway to Irish Unity.  So what are the next steps? How do we deliver Irish Unity? What is the role of Irish America? How can you help? A discussion between Gerry Adams and Joe Crowley. Moderated by Prof. Christine Kinealy.2020-09-2258 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsAn Taoiseach Micheál Martin is not a United IrelanderThis weeks Podcast is about An Taoiseach Micheál Martin; his failure to address Irish Unity; and questions his Shared Island Unit.Partition is almost 100 years old. But for democrats across this island, and in the Irish diaspora, for all of that time it has always been the great wrong that has to be righted. But it is not only a historic wrong. It is also a great injustice now, today. It remains the greatest cause of instability and division on our island.Where stands the leader of Fianna Fáil ‘The Republican Party’ on ending...2020-09-0910 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsWitness TreesWITNESS TREES.I used to have an old hard backed copy of Nora Connolly O’Brien’s; ‘Portrait Of A Rebel Father’. This wonderful account of James Connolly’s life, as recalled by his daughter, is a must read for followers of the great man. I foolishly lent my copy to a comrade and that is the last I saw of it. But that’s another story...In my copy of ‘Portrait Of A Rebel Father’ there is a photo of some of the Connolly children outside their family home at Nos 1 Glenalina Terrace opposite...2020-08-2507 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsJoin the Campaign to Protect Moore Street and the 1916 Battlefield siteThis podcast is going to deal with the shameful refusal of successive Irish governments to develop a national monument, a cultural quarter, a revolutionary quarter, a freedom quarter, a 1916 quarter on the battlefield site of Moore St.For those of you who don’t know Moore Street runs parallel to O’Connell Street from Parnell Street to Henry Street beside the GPO. 16 Moore Street was the last meeting place of five of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation - the leaders who planned and led the 1916 Easter Rising. It is also where the O’Rahi...2020-08-1313 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsThe last time I met Kieran DohertySunday, August 2nd is the anniversary of the death on hunger strike in 1981 of Andersonstown man Kieran Doherty. Normally, August is also when Sinn Féin holds its National Commemoration in remembrance of all of the 1981 Hunger Strikers and of Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg who died in prisons in England. However this year the Covid-19 pandemic has made that impossible, so like so many other events this year it will be held online.                                                                                                                                        On Sunday evening as you sit down to watch the 2020 National Hunger Strike Commemoration on Facebook, on YouTube and Twitter, remember the courage of Kieran Doherty and his comrades. 39 years ago at around 7.15 pm on the...2020-07-3011 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsCelebrating the TwelfthThis week I thought I would talk about the 12th in this podcast. When I mentioned a few days ago to some friends that I was going to do this podcast about the 12th and asked them what they thought if I sang a few Orange songs, the answer was no. And that’s understandable. Some of these songs are very sectarian, are about hatred and are not acceptable. I first came across Orange songs way back in the day when I came across the writings of Richard Hayward. He wrote a number of books about Ireland, about Irish fo...2020-07-1612 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLeading the OppositionThe big spin from last week and the formation of the new government in Dublin is that civil war politics is dead and gone. But the truth is that for most career politicians they have been dead for decades. What we now have from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is the same old, same old – with the Green party propping it up. But there is one new significant historical difference. As Micheál Martin takes his place as Taoiseach, and Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party occupy the government benches, they will be...2020-07-0111 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsBodenstown and the re-alignment of Irish politicsTraditionally the third Sunday of June is when Irish republicans from across the island of Ireland gather at the graveside of Wolfe Tone in Bodenstown. Such annual commemorations have been taking place for almost 150 years.Tone’s central thesis has remained a cornerstone of Irish Republican philosophy to this day. He wrote:“... to break the connection with England, the never, failing source of all our political evils, and to assert the independence of my country – these were my objects. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissensions, and to sub...2020-06-1710 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsYou only die once. You live everyday.You only die once.You live everyday.I first met Martin McGuinness shortly before he & I travelled to London in 1972 as part of a delegation to negotiate with the British govt. Martin would have been seventy on the 23 of May. He lived a very full life & he lived it well. There was a wonderful online celebration organised by The Martin McGuinness Peace Foundation (its available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc1L_ajK3UA ) 2020-06-0207 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLong Kesh EscapesLast week the British Supreme Court quashed two convictions I had received in 1975 for attempting to escape from Long Kesh internment camp. It was a long ten year battle. The case also revealed the fact that the British government at the highest level knew that I was unlawfully interned before the two trials. They also knew that up to 200 other internees were also likely to have been unlawfully detained. In typical fashion the British government chose to allow my trials to take place and never informed any of the internees that they too were wrongfully imprisoned.Escapes...2020-05-2010 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsRemembering Bobby SandsA remembrance of my friend and comrade Bobby Sands who died on hunger strike this week (5 May) 1981. Bobby was the first of ten republican prisoners who died in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. The Thatcher Govt's criminalisation policy was an attempt to defeat and criminalise the political prisoners and through them the republican struggle. The republican POWs in Long Kesh and in Armagh Woman's prison faced up to this challenge and broke the British government. Their courage and tenacity in the most horrendous of conditions is inspirational.   2020-05-0510 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLeo and Micheál; The Toxic Twins of Austerity2020-04-2112 minLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsLéargas: A Podcast by Gerry AdamsA Change Gotta ComeCurrent Affairs, Politics, Irish Unity, History and Culture.2020-04-0906 minOnly Our Rivers Run Free!Only Our Rivers Run Free!Gerry Adams - a Ballymurphy man of our times!Gerry Adams, probably the most famous & controversial political figure of our times! From Ballymurphy to Martha’s Vinyard meeting the good and the great, leading the IRA from conflict to peace, an extraordinary man in extraordinary times!2020-03-2714 minInside Politics with Hugh LinehanInside Politics with Hugh LinehanElection Daily - Thursday - On The Canvass with Gerry Adams and Dara CallearyJennifer Bray is in Mayo following the campaign of Fianna Fail deputy leader Dara Calleary, who is confident local issues can deliver two seats again despite the Saoirse McHugh factor, while Simon Carswell is in Louth with Gerry Adams who is canvassing with Sinn Fein's candidates there. Can Councillor Ruairí Ó Murchú take the seat Adams is vacating? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-01-3015 minIrish Times Inside PoliticsIrish Times Inside PoliticsElection Daily - Thursday - On The Canvass with Gerry Adams and Dara CallearyJennifer Bray is in Mayo following the campaign of Fianna Fail deputy leader Dara Calleary, who is confident local issues can deliver two seats again despite the Saoirse McHugh factor, while Simon Carswell is in Louth with Gerry Adams who is canvassing with Sinn Fein's candidates there. Can Councillor Ruairí Ó Murchú take the seat Adams is vacating? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-01-3015 minStrange Stories UKStrange Stories UKStrange Stories UK. Jean McConville, The ‘Unknowns’ and Gerry AdamsSend us a textNorthern Ireland 1972, a mother of 10 goes missing, she was abducted from her home in front of her 10 children. She was never seen again.  Jean McConville was the widowed mother who was such a threat to the Republican cause that she had to be killed in secret and buried. The IRA admit to killing her. Gerry Adams was the IRA commander who gave the order for the ‘Unknowns’ to make her disappear.2020-01-251h 14The Star SpotThe Star SpotEpisode 162: The End is Nowhere Near Nigh, with Fred AdamsFeature Guest: Fred Adams If you thought the far distant future of our universe was going to be bleak, dreary and dark, well, you’d be right. But remember, the universe is still just a baby and it has many new experiences ahead of it. Over the many trillions of years of its unimaginably long life, new processes will take over, new forms of galactic structure will emerge and types of stars that have never existed will come to populate the galaxy. Today we’re joined here at The Star Spot by Fred Adams, not to mourn the death of t...2019-03-1836 minThe Road to NowThe Road to NowGerry Adams and the Global Road to PeaceNote: Gerry Adams will be giving a public talk in the Civil Rights Room of the Nashville Public Library on Saturday, November 3rd at 10:00am. The talk is open to the public and Gerry invites you to come say hello! For more information, contact Greg O’Loughlin at 615-887-7547 or oloughlin@gmail.com. Gerry Adams has dedicated most of his life to finding an end to the conflict that has engulfed Northern Ireland since his youth. As the President of Sinn Féin, he played a crucial role in facilitating the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, which bro...2018-10-2944 minIrish Times Inside PoliticsIrish Times Inside PoliticsVincent Browne on Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin & the Media's Failures in Reporting The Troubles'Gerry Adams: War, Peace and Politics', a new documentary by Vincent Browne, airs tonight and tomorrow night on TV3. The veteran broadcaster and journalist talks to Hugh about his personal view of Adams, the evolution of Sinn Féin and why he feels the media, including The Irish Times, failed in its coverage of Northern Ireland at the outset of the Troubles. Also on the panel today are Colm Keena, who wrote a biography of Adams, and political reporter Sarah Bardon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-02-0737 minInside Politics with Hugh LinehanInside Politics with Hugh LinehanVincent Browne on Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin & the Media's Failures in Reporting The Troubles'Gerry Adams: War, Peace and Politics', a new documentary by Vincent Browne, airs tonight and tomorrow night on TV3. The veteran broadcaster and journalist talks to Hugh about his personal view of Adams, the evolution of Sinn Féin and why he feels the media, including The Irish Times, failed in its coverage of Northern Ireland at the outset of the Troubles. Also on the panel today are Colm Keena, who wrote a biography of Adams, and political reporter Sarah Bardon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-02-0737 minSophy Ridge On SundaySophy Ridge On SundayJon Ashworth, Lord Howard, Gerry Adams & John DeanAfter a key NHS waiting time target was dropped this week, Sophy speaks to Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth, while former Conservative Party leader Lord Howard says he is still optimistic about Brexit. Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams talks about negotiations in Stormont and losing his friend Martin McGuinness, and Sophy also chats to a former adviser to President Nixon about Donald Trump. #Ridge2017-04-0225 minTruthStartsNow3TruthStartsNow3Gerry Adams addresses the people who call Martin McGuinness a "terrorist"Gerry Adams Addresses The People Who Call Martin McGuinness A "Terrorist" Please Like Subscribe to TruthStartsNow3: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTcattmyWp53dUmhfatRJGw Follow: https://twitter.com/TSN_Ireland2017-03-2401 minTruthStartsNow3TruthStartsNow3Gerry Adams and Michelle O'Neill pay tribute to Martin McGuinnessSinn Féin leaders Gerry Adams and Michelle O'Neill pay tribute to their friend and comrade Martin McGuinness as his remains are brought home. Please Like Subscribe to TruthStartsNow3: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTcattmyWp53dUmhfatRJGw Follow: https://twitter.com/TSN_Ireland2017-03-2203 minInside Politics with Hugh LinehanInside Politics with Hugh LinehanGerry Adams on Stormont negotiations, a border poll and reaching out to unionismOur guest today is Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams. On the agenda are negotiations to form the Northern Ireland executive, what should happen if those talks fail, and the future of Northern Ireland, including Sinn Féin's hoped-for border poll and winning over unionists. Hugh is also joined by Political Editor Pat Leahy. Tweet comments, praise, criticisms: @hlinehanEmail the podcast: politicspodcast@irishtimes.comSubscribe to Inside Politics.RSS:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:70142248/sounds.rssiTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/irish-times-inside-politics/id794389685?mt=2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2017-03-1541 minIrish Times Inside PoliticsIrish Times Inside PoliticsGerry Adams on Stormont negotiations, a border poll and reaching out to unionismOur guest today is Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams. On the agenda are negotiations to form the Northern Ireland executive, what should happen if those talks fail, and the future of Northern Ireland, including Sinn Féin's hoped-for border poll and winning over unionists. Hugh is also joined by Political Editor Pat Leahy. Tweet comments, praise, criticisms: @hlinehanEmail the podcast: politicspodcast@irishtimes.comSubscribe to Inside Politics.RSS:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:70142248/sounds.rssiTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/irish-times-inside-politics/id794389685?mt=2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2017-03-1541 minSlugger O\'TooleSlugger O'TooleLMFM interviewing Gerry Adams re what he knew about killing of Brian StackLMFM's Mike Reid quizes Gerry Adams on the detail of fallout from his sending of an email to An Garda Siochana.2016-12-0113 minIrish Times Off TopicIrish Times Off TopicIrish slaves, Django & the mind of Gerry AdamsBy dropping the N-word on Twitter, Gerry Adams inadvertently drew attention to a contested view of history: that the experiences of Irish people, from Plantation-era deportees to nationalists during The Troubles, are equally as unjust as those of African Americans throughout the history of the United States. Literary Editor of The Irish Times Fintan O'Toole is on the line to discuss this story with Hugh Linehan.2016-05-0623 minalaninbelfastalaninbelfast#sfaf16 Gerry Adams @GerryAdamsSF speech to Ard Fheis#sfaf16 Blog post at http://sluggerotoole.com/2016/04/23/gerry-adams-on-1916-micheal-enda-marriage-equality-and-2016/2016-04-2332 minSlugger O\'TooleSlugger O'Toole#sfaf16 Gerry Adams @GerryAdamsSF speech to Ard Fheis#sfaf16 Blog post at http://sluggerotoole.com/2016/04/23/gerry-adams-on-1916-micheal-enda-marriage-equality-and-2016/2016-04-2332 minThe Star SpotThe Star SpotEpisode 96: Did Universe's First Moments Set the Stage for Life?, with Fred AdamsFeature Guest: Fred AdamsCould the very first moments of our universe hold the secret to the eventual emergence of life billions of years later? And can life exist in the unimaginably far future, or does the life of the universe effectively die? From the deep past to the infinite future, today we're joined at The Star Spot by Professor Fred Adams to discuss the intersection of cosmology and life. The Star Spot Hits the Airwaves!Coming soon, your favourite astronomy program will be travelling through space… well through the airwaves at least. The Star Spot, br...2016-03-0732 minThe Irish TimesThe Irish TimesGerry Adams commentsGerry Adams comments by The Irish Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2015-09-0912 minHighlights from LunchtimeHighlights from LunchtimeGerry Adams 'seems to sail to through these issues'Mick Clifford of the Irish Examiner reacts to teachers going on strike, Garda Inspectorate report plus Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein and the Dail debate on child abuse2014-11-1400 minThe Irish TimesThe Irish TimesGerry Adams speaks at Sinn Fein fundraiser in New YorkGerry Adams speaks at Sinn Fein fundraiser in New York by The Irish Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2014-11-1201 minHighlights from LunchtimeHighlights from LunchtimeGerry Adams handling of the Liam Adams abuse caseLiam Adams, the brother of Gerry Adams was sentenced in 2013 for the abuse of his daughter. Paddy Mc Donnell joins Jonathon to discuss Gerry Adams handling of the case.2014-11-0400 minSinn FéinSinn FéinGerry Adams TD welcomes the announcement of all party talks.Gerry Adams TD welcomes the announcement of all party talks involving the two governments and calls for them to begin immediately.2014-09-2901 minBBC Radio Ulster TalkbackBBC Radio Ulster TalkbackGerry Adams apology to Garda McCabe's widowThe Gerry Adams apology for the IRA murder of Garda Jerry McCabe - an important gesture or too little too late? Talkback spoke to Danny Morrison, who's a former publicity director for Sinn Finn ... but firstly Conor Bradford asked the DUP's Arlene Foster what she thought of the apology.2013-01-3103 minThe RIMproReport with Tom AdamsThe RIMproReport with Tom AdamsGerry Doedens of FileBankGerry Doedens is the President of FileBank in Toronto, Canada.Not only does he share his story of starting at 19, but the incredible growth of his businesses over the years.Gerry is also involved in the leadership of the Innovative Record Systems Group (IRSG), a cross-Canada partnership of independent record centers serving national accounts.I strongly encourage you to spend time listening to the show today because Gerry gives one of the best lessons on customer service for record centers we’ve ever had. It’s definitely worth the price of admission.En...2012-02-2337 minThe RIMproReport with Tom AdamsThe RIMproReport with Tom AdamsGerry Doedens of FileBankGerry Doedens is the President of FileBank in Toronto, Canada.Not only does he share his story of starting at 19, but the incredible growth of his businesses over the years.Gerry is also involved in the leadership of the Innovative Record Systems Group (IRSG), a cross-Canada partnership of independent record centers serving national accounts.I strongly encourage you to spend time listening to the show today because Gerry gives one of the best lessons on customer service for record centers we’ve ever had. It’s definitely worth the price of admission.En...2012-02-2337 minThe RIMproReport with Tom AdamsThe RIMproReport with Tom AdamsGerry Frey of PriorityOn this week’s show my special guest is Gerry Frey, the President and Co-Founder of  Priority Express, Priority Archives and Priority Shred.Priority serves the greater Philadelphia markets and continues to expand and grow.The Priority story is inspiring for anyone attempting to build a RIM service business.You’ll find their innovative hiring philosophy quite cool, especially for sales people.  It might cause you to look at resumes a little differently.We’ll also catch you up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special...2011-10-0634 minThe RIMproReport with Tom AdamsThe RIMproReport with Tom AdamsGerry Frey of PriorityOn this week’s show my special guest is Gerry Frey, the President and Co-Founder of  Priority Express, Priority Archives and Priority Shred.Priority serves the greater Philadelphia markets and continues to expand and grow.The Priority story is inspiring for anyone attempting to build a RIM service business.You’ll find their innovative hiring philosophy quite cool, especially for sales people.  It might cause you to look at resumes a little differently.We’ll also catch you up on the latest industry news.Enjoy the show.Special...2011-10-0634 minDundalk FM 100 Podcast FeedDundalk FM 100 Podcast FeedGerry Adams, Sinn Fein President (Town Talk) 16-11-10Gerry Adams talks to Padraig Quigley about his decision to stand for Louth in the next General Election.2010-11-1600 minThe Comment is Free podcastThe Comment is Free podcastBrief encounter: Gerry AdamsGerry Adams, the president of Sinn Fein, speaks to Nick Stadlen QC as part of our series of in-depth interviews2007-09-111h 02