An Irish Voice: The Quest for Peace

by Gerry Adams

A revealing chronicle of events in the Irish peace process and into the private life of Gerry Adams. Consisting of selected articles from his regular column in the New York newspaper, The Irish Voice, these writings include talks with John Hume in 1993, through the IRA cessation, President Clinton's visit, the bombing at Canary Wharf, right up to the restoration of the IRA cessation. Gerry Adams gives an absorbing first-hand account.

282 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Gerard "Gerry" Adams, MLA, MP (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He is the president of Sinn Féin, the political party at the top of the latest North of Ireland election polls amidst a three-way split in the traditionally dominant unionist vote. Sinn Féin is the second largest party in the Northern Assembly.

From the late 1980s onwards, Adams has been an important figure in Ireland's peace process, initially following contact by the then Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader John Hume and subsequently with the Irish and British governments and then other parties. In 2005, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) indicated that its armed campaign was over and that it is now exclusively committed to democratic politics. Under Adams, Sinn Féin changed its traditional policy of abstentionism towards Oireachtas Éireann, the parliament of Ireland, in 1986 and later took seats in the power-sharing Northern Assembly. However, Sinn Féin retains a policy of abstentionism towards the Westminster Parliament.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Newspaper articles from 1993 - 1997 written by Gerry Adams and published in Irish Voice. . . Good way to understand what was going on during this time. . . quick easy reads. . .