Gerry Adams finally retires

As expected the 69-year-old TD from Louth has announced his retirement as President of Sinn Féin, having been in the position since 1983. He will also not be running in the next election.

As somebody who vividly remembers the attacks on Adams and Hume and the Peace Process from Independent Newspapers, Kevin Myers, John Bruton and Michael McDowell in the early 1990s. I'm absolutely delighted that he outlasted all the Sticky and Sunday Independent crowd, and even lived to see "Sir" Anthony O'Reilly's bankruptcy. Moreover, I'm proud that with the help of Fianna Fáil, John Hume, Irish-America and Bill Clinton he was allowed to help end conflict in Ireland and thus consign all those opponents to the wrong side of history.

Lovely to see the underdog win, and I look forward to Pearse Doherty, or whoever will annoy the poppy-wearing Empire-glorifying Irish haters most, leading the party towards the reunification of Ireland.

Gerry Adams announces his retirement

BillyBobBS

I wish him all the best. Wonderful man and has moved mountains to remedy the situation on this island.

Todd Gack

This should be good

Hitman3000

*settles down with a big bowl of popcorn*

tomwaterford

Pity Martin mcguiness wasn't there to be with him and ferris and hope he also avoids an indignity of a long goodbye




Wish him the best in retirement,
Unlikely to see another politoan as influencel as him from ireland in our lifetimes..do hope he keeps tweeting!!

SuperSean11

Hitman3000 wrote: »

*settles down with a big bowl of popcorn*

No he doesn’t like popcorn

corner of hells

I just wanna get a few cans and rollies together , could be a long night.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Thanks be to Allah! At last !

He's my local TD. The sooner he's gone the better, as he was useless for us.

Jawgap

Mugabe gone.

Gerry going.

Just yer man in North Korea now.

Jawgap

BillyBobBS wrote: »

I wish him all the best. Wonderful man and has moved mountains to remedy the situation on this island.

Indeed he moved mountains.......mostly so people could be buried in them

Hitman3000

SuperSean11 wrote:

No he doesn’t like popcorn

That's ok, I don't like to share.

corner of hells

Gustavo Uneven Splint wrote: »

Thanks be to Allah! At last !

He's my local TD. The sooner he's gone the better, as he was useless for us.

Gustavo Uneven Splint, ya in a comfy chair ,pal ?

RayM

He's come a long way since the '80s, when he wasn't allowed appear on British television without first inhaling helium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOUeauLWEaE

Hitman3000

Gustavo Uneven Splint wrote:

He's my local TD. The sooner he's gone the better, as he was useless for us.

So just like any of the other TD really.

bilbot79

No Gerry Adams no Ian Paisley

What has happened to my life

dd972

Like it or not, our Northern brethren had their backs to the wall around 68-71, Lynch wasn't going to come up and save them, what were they meant to do, quietly and passively be slaughtered by Loyalist thugs like the Jews were in Germany?

Whatever you think about them Adams and McGuinness are the products of their environments and conditions, the days of the B Specials and Orange Hegemony are in the dustbin of history where they belong, 32 county republic or not.

Jayop

Good luck Gerry. Hope you have a longer retirement than Martin.

OldMrBrennan83

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bilbot79

dd972 wrote: »

Like it or not, our Northern brethren had their backs to the wall around 68-71, Lynch wasn't going to come up and save them, what were they meant to do, quietly and passively be slaughtered by Loyalist thugs like the Jews were in Germany?

Whatever you think about them Adams and McGuinness are the products of their environments and conditions, the days of the B Specials and Orange Hegemony are in the dustbin of history where they belong, 32 county republic or not.

This is not lost on me, though it might be for a few people

Gustavo Uneven Splint

Gustavo Uneven Splint wrote: »

Thanks be to Allah! At last !

He's my local TD. The sooner he's gone the better, as he was useless for us.

What were you looking for? Clientilist politics to get your driveway done up with tarmac or what? I wish him well on his retirement. Played an integral role in the peace process.

The_Valeyard

Be weird not seeing him around the political spectrum. He certainly earned his retirement.
Be interesting if P.O'Neill also retires...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Deleted User wrote: »

What were you looking for? Clientilist politics to get your driveway done up with tarmac or what? I him well on his retirement. Played an integral role in the peace process.

Not at all. I'm against parish pump politics but I expect a TD for a constituency to be available to his constituents, and to have some influence and impact on issues affecting the constituency as a whole. Even a slight interest in constituency concerns and the occasional appearance in the area would have been an improvement.

Chrongen

I don't think I know of too many people who could be tortured and shot and have siblings killed and continue.

The common cliche is that every man has his price. I don't think a mountain of diamonds could buy Gerry Adams.

mynamejeff

Jayop wrote: »

Good luck Gerry. Hope you have a longer retirement than Martin.

I hope he is punished for all the crimes he committed and was complicit in committing

mynamejeff

Chrongen wrote: »

I don't think I know of too many people who could be tortured and shot and have siblings killed and continue.
.

how about Jean McConville's family or Jerry McCabe's family?

they managed to keep going didnt they ?

Hitman3000

mynamejeff wrote:

I hope he is punished for all the crimes he committed and was complicit in committing

If you have evidence of any crimes he committed the PSNI would love to hear from you.

Owryan

Fair play to him taking the spotlight off poor Al.

Army_of_One

I think he done great things for the peace process ,largely over shadowed my Martin McGuinness. Fair play to him.

Having said that I don'l like Sinn Fein the party , their policies or the people who support them . A bit simple with populist ideas.

mynamejeff

Hitman3000 wrote: »

If you have evidence of any crimes he committed the PSNI would love to hear from you.

in the post, but a copy to the Gardai would also be relevant unless you bevel that old republican fairy tail that he wasn't in the IRA

Gustavo Uneven Splint

Gustavo Uneven Splint wrote: »

Not at all. I'm against parish pump politics but I expect a TD for a constituency to be available to his constituents, and to have some influence and impact on issues affecting the constituency as a whole. Even a slight interest in constituency concerns and the occasional appearance in the area would have been an improvement.

He’s topped the poll in the last 2 elections. As well as that SF got a 2nd seat in Louth the last time out. Must be doing something right......

Hitman3000

mynamejeff wrote:

in the post, but a copy to the Gardai would also be relevant unless you bevel that old republican fairy tail that he wasn't in the IRA

Proof is what's required by a court not 'I think or I believe'.