Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams

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• The Unity Bill passes its First stage |Clodagh Good| The Arts in a New Ireland | Slán 25.06.2026 18นาที

  The Unity Bill passes its First stage The “Planning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026”, which I referenced in last week’s column, has passed its first hurdle in the Dáil. It will now go to second stage on 7 July and then on to the Committee stage before returning to the Dáil later in the year. The Bill sets clear goals and timetables for measures that have to be taken to properly plan and prepare for constitutional change on the island of Ireland. It does so in accordance with the provision...
• Stand-Up to Racism | Momentum Building Around Unity | Seeking the Truth: Pat Finucane 18.06.2026 16นาที

  Stand-Up to Racism The bullet holes from the August 1969 sectarian pogrom against the people of the Falls area are still visible on the front wall of St. Comgall’s Primary School, Divis Street. Last Thursday lunchtime, a few yards from where, on that occasion, whole terraces of houses were burned out, scores of community activists from across Belfast came together in Ionad Eileen Howell to discuss another pogrom. This time the pogrom was rooted in violent racism. In the days before fam...
• In conversation with Ard Mhéara Bhéal Feirste Róis Máire Donnelly 14.06.2026 31นาที

  This podcast with Roís- Máire was recorded shortly after the horrific stabbing incident in North Belfast and before the racist pogroms which followed. It was also before the PSNI warned the Belfast Ard Mheara that her life was in danger. It has been a difficult week especially for those citizens evicted from their homes. We stand in solidarity with them. Racism is the first cousin of sectarianism. The majority of people are opposed to both these negative evils. Elon Musk and other...
• An Open Letter to my Orange Neighbours | Bodenstown | Cupla Focal Eile. 11.06.2026 22นาที

  A Chairde, As June heads towards July the distant beat of your drums is pounding out their rhythm. The marching season for all of the Loyal Orders is well underway and the 12 July is fast approaching. One July, sitting during yet another negotiation, into the early hours with Tony Blair the ratatat of Lambegs sundered the quiet. We paused as he asked if I knew what that was. Yes ,I replied that’s the Orangemen. “Jungle drums?” he said. I am minded to remind you that the Battle of the B...
• Unionism and the Future | Stop the Game | Róis-Máire Donnelly - A Ballymurphy Woman 04.06.2026 19นาที

  Unionism and the Future Last week, at a meeting of the Executive the DUP chose to block the Good Jobs Bill. Why did they do this? The Bill will be good for all workers. It makes no distinction based on religion, politics, ethnicity or gender. Workers who vote unionist would benefit as much from this Bill as would workers who vote nationalist or for neither of these. The legislation, being proposed by Caoimhe Archibald, the Minister for the Economy, contains common sense measures making...
• Gaelscoil na Móna – Looking to the Future | Did you enjoy the good weather? | A Slap in the Face to Palestinians 28.05.2026 17นาที

  A few weeks after the Good Friday Agreement was agreed in April 1998 I brought a delegation of the Board of Governors of Bunscoil Phobail Feirste, on the Shaws Road in west Belfast, to meet the British Secretary of State Mo Mowlam. I asked for the meeting after the Department of Education had again denied funding to the school for the construction of permanent school buildings. The Department had just announced a £33 million schools building programme which excluded Irish medium schools and n...
• Cúpla Focal. | Fianna Fáil – A centenary of failure | Britain’s shameful role in the Nakba 21.05.2026 16นาที

  Cúpla Focal I often quote the late Seán Mac Goill. Seán was one of the visionaries who gave us the new Bombay Street after the pogroms of 1969, the urban Gaeltacht on Bóthar Seoighe, The Andersonstown News and many other outstanding projects going back to the 1960s. Seán and his peers and their families were immersed in the Irish language and the wider cultural revolution across Belfast. It was they who laid the foundations for today’s revival and successes. Seán’s name is immortalised in the...
• Special Episode: In Conversation with Author Gerard Shannon 17.05.2026 1ชม. 1นาที

  In conversation with Gerard Shannon on his new book ‘Rory O'Connor: To Defend the Republic’ Available to buy in An fhuiseog.ie
• The Disunited Kingdom | The Irish Language and Irish Unity | Marwan Barghouti – A Resolute Defender of Freedom 14.05.2026 15นาที

  The Disunited Kingdom At the time of writing this week’s column Keir Starmer is still the Leader of the British Labour Party and Prime Minister. On Monday he delivered a ‘Save Keir Starmer’ speech which may or may not work for him. Can he survive the voices of opposition within Labour? That is a matter for his party. The reality is that his leadership of Labour and its success in the 2024 general election had little to do with Starmer and more to do with voters’ deep antipathy toward the Cons...
• Springhill Heroes |Tiocfaidh ár lá | Free Marwan Bargouti 07.05.2026 13นาที

  Springhill Heroes When I was a wee buck growing up in Ballymurphy there was a river at the back of the houses across from our home place at the corner of Glenalina Road and Divismore Park. The river ran the length of our street and the length of Ballymurphy Road before exiting below the Whiterock Road and into the City Cemetery. From there it meanders down to and under the Falls Road beside the Bus Depot and onwards to the Bog Meadows. You can see it there to this day. The stretch which...
• Standing at the crossroads | International Solidarity | Honouring Rita O’Hare | Remembering Bobby Sands 30.04.2026 12นาที

  Standing at the crossroads Sinn Féin, but especially, the party in Belfast pulled out all of the stops at the weekend to ensure that the Ard Fheis was a huge success. The ICC Waterfront Hall was buzzing with republican voices from across our island and beyond talking about the big issues confronting all of us nationally and internationally. The number of young people attending and taking part in the debates was particularly encouraging. There were 167 Motions on the clár for discussion. They ...
• The Great Fenian Escape | Moore St Trust Calls on the State to buy Moore St Terrace | Ard Fheis 2026 23.04.2026 16นาที

  The Great Fenian Escape For as long as the English have occupied Ireland there have been political prisoners. As long as there have been political prisoners there have been daring and ingenious escapes. In the most recent period of conflict it is estimated that around 100 republicans participated in escapes, including the great escape from the H-Blocks in 1983. That was the biggest ever in British penal history. Others tunnelled their way out; clambered over walls; escaped in a helicop...
• Irish government and the Fuel Debacle | Another Israeli Offensive likely in Gaza | Palestinian Prisoners Day 17 April | A Nation For All 16.04.2026 13นาที

  Irish government and the Fuel Debacle The blockade of fuel depots, motorways, towns and Dublin City centre was entirely avoidable if the FFFG government had taken the growing crisis around the cost of living and increasing fuel and energy bills seriously months ago. Instead Micheál Martin and Co. stuck their heads in the sand and ignored the mounting anger. Another Israeli Offensive likely in Gaza As I write this the talks between Iran and the USA, over the illegal Israeli/US war against Iran...
• American Trade Unions and Ireland | Keeping the Faith for Unity | Terry ‘Cruncher O’Neill | Gabriel Rosenstock 09.04.2026 15นาที

  American Trade Unions and Ireland Last Friday I spent an enjoyable couple of hours in the company of my good friend American Trade Union leader John Samuelson and the staff of Áras Uí Chonghaile and Fáilte Feirste Thiar – the west Belfast Tourist Board. Unbeknownst to John both organisations had agreed to name one of the Áras rooms after himself and a former Transport Workers Union, (TWU) President Mike Quill. Keeping the Faith for Unity This Easter the Good Friday Agreement is 28 years...
• Wear an Easter Lily | Micheál Martin is stalling on Unity | Donegal /The Swallows Tail – A song by Davie Furey 02.04.2026 18นาที

  Wear an Easter Lily Easter is only days away. This Sunday will mark 110 years since the momentous events of Easter Week 1916 and the declaration of Independence and equality contained in the Proclamation. It is also the centenary of the sale of the first Easter Lilies which were designed in 1925 by Cumann na mBan to raise funds for the Irish Republican Prisoners Dependants Fund. In the 100 years since then thousands of women and men have been imprisoned in defence of the Irish peoples’ right ...
• London Civil Case - Thank you for your support | Dolores Keane - A Great Voice 26.03.2026 14นาที

  London Civil Case - Thank you for your support The Civil Case against me in London came to an end last Friday when the Claimants and their lawyers accepted a ‘drop hands settlement of the extant claim on the conditions that: 1. the Claimants file and serve a Notice of Discontinuance by 10 am 20 March 2026; and 2. that there be no order for costs’ In other words, they accepted an offer, made by me the previous evening, that they discontinue their claim. I instructed m...
• London Civil Case coming to an end | Time for Diplomacy in the Middle East | More Schools needed for Irish speakers 19.03.2026 19นาที

  London Civil Case coming to an end This week I spent Lá Féile Pádraig in Derry/London. As you read this my time in the Royal Courts of Justice should be coming to an end. Regrettably, the court case prevented me from joining in the St Patrick’s festivities in Belfast or here. I am assured the London Irish have a vibrant, hugely enjoyable celebration of Irish music, culture and language so good luck to all the Paddys and Patricias. The civil case is expected to conclude on Thursday, although, ...
• Dia daoibhse from London | Moore St Bill wins Unanimous Backing | Seachtain na Gaeilge 12.03.2026 18นาที

  Dia daoibhse from London I’m writing this week’s column in London. Today, Monday, I’m in the Royal Courts of Justice in a civil case that has been brought against me by three claimants, innocent victims, who were injured in three IRA bomb attacks in 1973 and 1996. They are alleging that I was party to those attacks. There was a small crowd of former British soldiers outside the Court and some in the court room itself. There were also some people with tricolours showing their support. Today th...
• A Turning Point in Irish History | International Women’s Day | War of Aggression in the Gulf 05.03.2026 16นาที

  A Turning Point in Irish History 50 years ago on Sunday past I was in Cage 11 in Long Kesh prison camp. It was a Monday. It was also 1 March 1976, the date on which the British Labour government’s decision to end political status took effect. Political status had been introduced in June 1972 after a hunger strike by republican prisoners and as part of the context for negotiations that were to take place between republicans and the British. In March 1974 a Labour government, led by Haro...
• I am against Monarchies | Conradh na Gaeilge Votes for Unity | Micheál Martin out of step on Unity 26.02.2026 18นาที

  I am against Monarchies Currently, the British state is convulsed around allegations surrounding a member of its Royal family. Norway too is in the midst of a crisis around its monarchy. The law of both states will take their course, as is right. However, these controversies raise for me the very existence of monarchies. A family elite which through past colonial conquest and patronage, and in alliance with business and societal elites, continues to enjoy a place of wealth and privilege and i...