Reeling in the years: Ireland’s 2025 Presidential Race begins to take shape
During the anniversary commemorations for the Good Friday Agreement, three familiar names within Irish political circles enjoyed a return to the media spotlight. The Irish Presidential race is one which often fails to capture the electorate’s imagination quite to the same extent as the spectacle which surrounds a General Election. However, 2025 appears to have […]
3 years ago
Gerry Adams has slammed the DUP over Stormont negotiations
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has laid the blame for stalled power-sharing negotiations in Northern Ireland at the feet of the DUP. According to the Irish Times, Adams has said that he does believe that a deal will be struck to re-establish the power-sharing assembly in Stormont by the Monday deadline. “The DUP are showing no […]
9 years ago
Gerry Adams slams DUP for ignoring Stormont talks to save power-sharing
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has criticised the DUP for “creating an impasse” in the talks restore the power-sharing assembly in the north of Ireland. “Unionism is at a crossroads,” Gerry Adams said in a statement blasting the DUP. “The DUP needs to decide whether and when it will rise to the challenges of this […]
10 years ago
VIDEO: Gerry Adams says TDs are drunk in the corridors of the Oireachtas
Gerry Adams is hardly a happy man right now. It seems as though Enda Kenny and Micheál Martin, his two chief political rivals, have agreed to enter into a ‘full and equal’ coalition with one another. But no matter bad his day has been, he won’t be drowning his sorrows in the Oireachtas bar. In […]
11 years ago
PIC: This Lithuanian news website is very confused about what Enda Kenny looks like
Neither Enda nor Gerry will take kindly to this. Popular Lithuanian news website DELFI were reporting on the outcome of Ireland’s recent general election, which is nice of them, the only problem is that they weren’t really paying very close attention. The website correctly identifies the ‘Airijos premjero’ (we think that means Irish Taoiseach) as […]
11 years ago
Gerry Adams is prepared to make quite a sacrifice if he is elected to government
Are the other party leaders prepared to do this? Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said that he will forego his ministerial salary if he is elected to government, according to The Irish Times. In an interview with RTÉ radio this morning, Adams restated his desire to form part of the next government and his […]
11 years ago