Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Current Affairs, Politics, Irish Unity, History and Culture.
Episodes
331 episodes
No Pasarán- They Shall not Pass | The Battle of Cable Street | "We have him back!" - Brave Frank Stagg
No Pasarán- They Shall not PassSunday’s rally on the Garvaghy Road was amazing, wonderful. Over many years of activism, I have attended countless rallies but Sunday was special. It lifted the spirits of the thousands who were ther...
Garvaghy Road – No Going Back. | Gaza - Largest concentration camp in World | Another Poll
Garvaghy Road – No Going Back. As I write this column the situation on the Garvaghy Road is no closer to resolution. The Orange Order wants to walk through a nationalist community. The residents say no.Outside of polit...
Micheál bottled it | Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians | Buíochas
Micheál bottled itAs Fianna Fáil this year marks its 100th birthday, where does it stand on the issue of Irish Unity? According to its Constitution, Fianna Fáil’s first aim is; “To secure in peace and agreement the unity of Irelan...
In conversation with Paul Boggs MLA
Indepth conversation with the new MLA for West Tyrone, Paul Boggs.
The Dis-United Kingdom | Kieran Nugent – The First Blanketman | Desmond Greaves Summer School
The Dis-United Kingdom.Several weeks ago British PM Andy Burnham sparked a furious debate over future constitutional change and Irish Unity with his crass comment that it was ‘off the table.’The Unionist parties were deligh...
A Process of Perpetual Change | Siúlóid an Taoisigh - The Chieftain’s Walk | Sign the Moore St Petition | Comhghairdeas Katie Taylor
A Process of Perpetual ChangeThis weekend I will be in Dublin for the 36th Desmond Greaves Weekend Summer School. It begins in the UNITE Trade Union Hall, in Middle Abbey St, on Friday evening the 11 September and runs over Saturd...
Andy Burnham is a Unionist | Drumcree – Unionism Stuck in the Past | Paddy Elliott
Andy Burnham is a UnionistShould we have been surprised by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s crass assertion last week that the issue of the unity referendum promised in the Good Friday Agreement, “is one issue that will be of...
Ballina Commemoration will remember the Hunger Strikers | Irish Traveller Heritage Strategy | Death of Eithne Vallely | The Chieftain’s Walk
Ballina Commemoration will remember the Hunger StrikersThis Sunday the national hunger strike commemoration will commence at 2.30pm in Ballina, County Mayo. The starting point is at Bunree Road Industrial Estate F26V243.The...
Anger Is Not A Strategy! Thoughts on the Unity Agenda | Meeting Friends of Sinn Féin International
Anger Is Not A Strategy! Monday’s Irish Times has an editorial dealing with the possibility of the collapse of the Northern Assembly at Stormont. This is the latest media driven piece of speculation in recent weeks – based on nothing...
The Féile and the Fleadh | The Little Lost Bird and the Blue Butterfly | Wildfires and Climate Change
The Féile and the FleadhFollowing on from Tradfest - well done Dónal and everyone involved- Féile and the Fleadh were mighty. Sixteen days of Féile ...
Choosing the Struggle by Martina Anderson | Women's Voices, Hopes for the Future | Mary Doherty
Choosing the Struggle by Martina AndersonLast Saturday a packed St. Mary’s gave a huge welcome to Martina Anderson who was launching her personal and hugely important autobiography – Choosing the Struggle. This is an hone...
The Re-Conquest of Ireland | Gerry Kelly | No Place for Armed Groups
The Re-Conquest of IrelandWell done Mayo in the all-Ireland football final. Commiserations to Kerry. Both teams played their hearts out but in the end Mayo were worthy winners.Next month on August 30 I will be ...
Andy Burnham | ‘Women’s Voices, Hopes for a New Ireland’ | Water Crisis in Gaza | Rubber Bullet injures Marwan Barghouti | Methodism and the Peace Process
Andy BurnhamAs I conclude this column on Monday afternoon Andy Burnham is taking up his position as British Prime Minister. As I dispatch these lines he is addressing the media and supporters outside 10 Downing Street. I wish him ...
Another step in the right direction | Irish Republicanism & ‘The Gays’ Exhibition | Moore St. should be bought by the Government | The Glorious Twelfth.
Another step in the right directionThe decision by Micheál Martin last week to oppose Sinn Féin’s “Planning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026” was no real surprise. His opposition to any meaningful planning for Irish Unity has b...
Unionism and Unity | National Hunger Strike Commemoration for Mayo | ‘Our Chains will be Broken before we Are’ – Marwan Barghouti | A Thousand Days of Genocide
Unionism and UnityThis week significant developments that can shape the future direction of constitutional politics on this island are taking place in Leinster House. On Tuesday Sinn Féin’s Bill setting out a practical plan to ach...
Momentum around Unity Grows | Sign the Petition for Moore St. | Tá fáilte romhaibh - Féile an Phobail Abú | Seomra Máire Drumm
Momentum around Unity GrowsI want to begin by commending the SDLP for organising last week’s conference – The Future of these Islands: Preparing for Change. It was a well-attended day-long event, held in Belfast, on the issue of I...
The Unity Bill passes its First stage |Clodagh Good| The Arts in a New Ireland | Slán
The Unity Bill passes its First stageThe “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 th...
Stand-Up to Racism | Momentum Building Around Unity | Seeking the Truth: Pat Finucane
Stand-Up to RacismThe 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,...
In conversation with Ard Mhéara Bhéal Feirste Róis Máire Donnelly
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. ...
An Open Letter to my Orange Neighbours | Bodenstown | Cupla Focal Eile.
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...
Unionism and the Future | Stop the Game | Róis-Máire Donnelly - A Ballymurphy Woman
Unionism and the FutureLast 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, politi...
Gaelscoil na Móna – Looking to the Future | Did you enjoy the good weather? | A Slap in the Face to Palestinians
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 ...
Cúpla Focal. | Fianna Fáil – A centenary of failure | Britain’s shameful role in the Nakba
Cúpla FocalI 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 outstandin...