Gerry Adams
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Gerry Adams is a prominent political figure known for his role in the Northern Ireland peace process. This interview reveals his diplomatic approach to leadership, focusing on reconciliation and understanding amidst deep societal divisions.
“Well, he may have, but what did he do about it? John Hume and I came up with what became known as the Hume Adams Agreement. And the Taoiseach of the day, the Irish Prime Minister of the day, Albert Reynolds, gave that to John Major. And the Downey Street Declaration arose out of that.”
“I think including, let me say this, the deaths of British soldiers or RUC officers. I think all those deaths are to be regretted. It's a regrettable part of our history. And clearly civilians for them to be killed. It doesn't matter whether it was accidental or not. That's even more regrettable.”
“You gotta listen. I'd have that arises all sorts of other little things. You can't decide who you're going to talk to. If you're going to talk to Sinn F ⁇ in, you can't decide that Martin McGuinness can't be in the delegation. If you're going to talk to the DUP, you can't decide to the NPASLY can't be in there.”
“The first thing that I wrote on this was in 1976 from Long Cash, and it was around the time of the peace people here in Ireland and the peace people was formed when the British Army shot the driver of an IRA getaway car, shot him dead and the car careered out of control and ploughed into a family who were out walking and children, the McG…”
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