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Gerard Adams is an Irish republican retired politician who was the president of Sinn Féin from 1983 to 2018. He was a Teachta Dála for Louth from 2011 to 2020 and a Member of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly for Belfast West. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was the Member of Parliament for the Belfast West constituency, but followed the Sinn Féin policy of abstentionism in the…
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Born 6 October 1948 · Q76139
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“I find some of the claims outrageous and think some people will be deeply upset by a mixture of innuendo, recycled claims, nodding and winking. I have not been and am not a member of the IRA.”
“I am totally horrified by this action. I condemn it without any equivocation whatsoever.”
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The Guardian: Claimants drop lawsuit against Gerry Adams over IRA bombings
The Guardian: Gerry Adams tells high court he was stunned by 1996 Docklands bombing
The Guardian: ‘I don’t distance myself from the IRA’: Gerry Adams brings his ‘dead true’ denials to court | Esther Addley
The Guardian: Being in Sinn Féin not the same as being in the IRA, Gerry Adams tells high court
The Guardian: Gerry Adams was leader of IRA, ex-police officers tell high court
The Guardian: ‘Inconceivable’ Gerry Adams was not involved in IRA bombings, claims former British army commander
The Guardian: Former IRA bomber says Gerry Adams was senior figure in organisation
The Guardian: Gerry Adams ‘as culpable as those who planted IRA bombs’, high court hears
The Guardian: Gerry Adams’ BBC libel win risks more benign view of Troubles taking hold
The Guardian: Gerry Adams awarded €100,000 damages in libel victory over BBC
The Guardian: Gerry Adams considers suing Meta over alleged use of his books to train AI
The Guardian: Starmer says he will strive to prevent Gerry Adams receiving compensation
The Guardian: Three IRA victims in England can sue Gerry Adams in personal capacity, judge rules
The UK Supreme Court quashed Adams's convictions for attempting to escape on Christmas Eve in 1973 and again in July 1974
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Full Fact rated the claim “This is a photo of Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and Jeremy Corbyn together.” True, all three were attendees of Tony Benn’s funeral in 2014, along with many other politicians..
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And would not seek re-election as TD for Louth
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And that he would not stand for re-election to his seat in Dáil Éireann in 2020
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Adams launched a defamation case against the BBC over a programme it ran that alleged he sanctioned the murder of an informer
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Claimed: “The voting results from Northern Ireland of the EU referendum compels the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to call a border boll.” — rated False. The Secretary of State may bring forth a border poll when presented with evidence that a majority of electors may choose to change the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. There has been no evidence yet published. by FactCheckNI.
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Career landmark: Teachta Dála (2016–2020).
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Adams sparked controversy by posting on social media that he was watching Django Unchained and considered the title character to be a "Ballymurphy nigger"
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Was held for four days by the Police Service of Northern Ireland for questioning in connection with the 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville
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Adams's brother Liam was found guilty of 10 offences, including rape and gross indecency committed against his own daughter
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In 2013, Adams's brother Liam was found guilty of 10 offences, including rape and gross indecency committed against his own daughter.
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Career landmark: Teachta Dála (2011–2016).
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Career landmark: member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2010–2011).
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After the allegations of abuse were first made public in 2009, Gerry Adams alleged that his father had subjected family members to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.
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Gerry Adams alleged that his father had subjected family members to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse
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Career landmark: Member of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly (2007–2010).
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Four months after Adams revealed that he was an informer for the MI5
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The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) stated that its armed campaign was over and that it was exclusively committed to peaceful politics
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Career landmark: member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2005–2010).
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Career landmark: Member of the 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly (2003–2007).
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Career landmark: member of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (2001–2005).
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Career landmark: Member of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–2003).
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It also took seats in the power-sharing Northern Ireland Assembly
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Career landmark: member of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1997–2001).
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Career landmark: member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1987–1992).
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Convinced Sinn Féin to change its traditional policy of abstentionism towards the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland
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Adams was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by the Ulster Defence Association
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That Ruairí Ó Brádaigh resigned as President of Sinn Féin and was succeeded by Adams
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Adams was elected president of Sinn Féin and became the first Sinn Féin MP elected to the British House of Commons since Phil Clarke and Tom Mitchell in the mid-1950s
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Career landmark: Leader of Sinn Féin (1983–2018).
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Career landmark: member of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1983–1987).
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Adams became joint vice-president of Sinn Féin and a key figure in directing a challenge to the Sinn Féin leadership of president Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and joint vice-president Dáithí Ó Conaill
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Ballymurphy priest Des Wilson (who had officiated at Adams's wedding) assisted with an early attempt by Adams to open channels to dissident unionists
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Adams and Danny Morrison drafted the address of Jimmy Drumm at the annual Wolfe Tone commemoration at Bodenstown
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Went on to play Gaelic football for Antrim GAA senior men's team and became its assistant manager in 2012
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And had become the OC of the brigade by 1973
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Adams married Collette McArdle
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In 1971, Adams married Collette McArdle.
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Attended St Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School
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Born 1948-10-06.
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Participated in an IRA ambush on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) patrol but was shot, arrested and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment
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(prior to the Second World War) by the last remaining anti-Treaty deputies of the Second Dáil
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