Interview with Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, by Martha Teichner for the Council on Foreign Relations think tank. This discussion on the Troubles and the peace process touches on many subjects. It focuses on the current impasse in the peace process - the issue of IRA decommissioning as an impediment to the setting up of the Assembly and Executive. It is noted that the British and Irish governments have set a deadline of November for the Northern Ireland parties to reach agreement on power-sharing. Adams believes that it is possible for agreement to be reached between Sinn Féin and Ian Paisley’s DUP by that deadline. Adams also takes questions from an assembled audience.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 21 September 2006
Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Adams
Role at time of Interview: President Sinn Féin
Interviewer: Martha Teichner
Purpose: News, Research, Academic
Media: Audiovisual, Transcript
Copyright: © Council on Foreign Relations
Link: Access the resource
Time Period covered: 2006
Key Individuals: Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Ian Paisley, David Trimble, Robert McCartney
Key Words: Good Friday Agreement, Belfast Agreement, assembly, executive, decommissioning, IRA, SDLP, DUP, UUP, Sinn Féin, Northern Bank robbery, devolution, Committee for the Preparation of Government