“The broadcaster will argue that Mr Adams was a leading member of the IRA during its campaign of violence throughout the Troubles and had a history of not condemning the killing of informers”
That could get very interesting
But he never was in the IRA
It would be very healthy for this country’s psyche if Gerry Adams either died or came out and told the exact truth to the big questions. He is one of the last remaining, and one of the biggest ever, personifications of *that* time in our history, it’s a necessary step to moving past it for him to go away or just come clean, and him going away is a far more likely scenario.
I admire the man, but like his latest stunt, if he’s causing offence and if he is a reminder of that time, which he is, and if he is responsible for murders, which he is, then he’s too much trouble to be worth defending. He did do some good aswell, for all the bad he’s done, as bad as it sounds, his death may be a chance for us to move past some issues
Marty Whelan! HE’S IN THE RA!
Colin Farrell! HE’S IN THE RA!
George Lucas! HE’S IN THE RA!
Tony Cascarino! HE’S IN THE RA!
Mick Jagger! HE’S IN THE RA!
Robert De Niro! HE’S IN THE RA!
Quentin Tarantino! HE’S IN THE RA!
Terry Phelan! HE’S IN THE RA!
Dr. Dre! HE’S IN THE RA!
Your man in the Da Vinci Code! HE’S IN THE RA!
Winona Ryder! HE’S IN THE RA!
Kofi Annan! HE’S IN THE RA!
Michelle Pfeiffer! HE’S IN THE RA!
Just checked the membership so….
At this stage, very few give a shit about it. Not saying it’s right but it’s what it is
Every man and his dog knows he was in it. Not passing judgment either way but come on
That would be interesting. He needs to fuck off and admit it.
Gerry is not, and has never been, connected to SIRO
At it again.
Our Gerry is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star!
He must have known this was a possibility by proceeding with the defamation case.
You lie so often and for so long you start to believe your own lies I guess.
>I cite two recent cases. In October 2012 “Spotlight” broadcast a programme called “Belize Oil” which investigated the business affairs of Susan Morrice, a Belfast-born businesswoman, now based in Denver. She raised money for an oil exploratory company called International Natural Energy. Astonishingly, the company struck oil in Belize and made millions of dollars. However, the class B shareholders—many from Northern Ireland—who were not professional investors, did not receive a penny in dividends. They sued Ms Morrice, who was found guilty in a Caribbean court of having siphoned off thousands of pounds of company money for her personal use.
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>As the programme was being prepared for transmission, the journalists involved were bombarded with daily, sometimes hourly, threats of defamation. After transmission, a libel writ was issued against the programme. Tens of thousands of pounds of licence payers’ money was spent as BBC journalists and lawyers prepared the defence case, only for Ms Morrice to drop the case. This is the woman who has Northern Ireland’s gas and oil exploration rights.
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“The broadcaster will argue that Mr Adams was a leading member of the IRA during its campaign of violence throughout the Troubles and had a history of not condemning the killing of informers”
That could get very interesting
But he never was in the IRA
It would be very healthy for this country’s psyche if Gerry Adams either died or came out and told the exact truth to the big questions. He is one of the last remaining, and one of the biggest ever, personifications of *that* time in our history, it’s a necessary step to moving past it for him to go away or just come clean, and him going away is a far more likely scenario.
I admire the man, but like his latest stunt, if he’s causing offence and if he is a reminder of that time, which he is, and if he is responsible for murders, which he is, then he’s too much trouble to be worth defending. He did do some good aswell, for all the bad he’s done, as bad as it sounds, his death may be a chance for us to move past some issues
Marty Whelan! HE’S IN THE RA!
Colin Farrell! HE’S IN THE RA!
George Lucas! HE’S IN THE RA!
Tony Cascarino! HE’S IN THE RA!
Mick Jagger! HE’S IN THE RA!
Robert De Niro! HE’S IN THE RA!
Quentin Tarantino! HE’S IN THE RA!
Terry Phelan! HE’S IN THE RA!
Dr. Dre! HE’S IN THE RA!
Your man in the Da Vinci Code! HE’S IN THE RA!
Winona Ryder! HE’S IN THE RA!
Kofi Annan! HE’S IN THE RA!
Michelle Pfeiffer! HE’S IN THE RA!
Just checked the membership so….
At this stage, very few give a shit about it. Not saying it’s right but it’s what it is
Every man and his dog knows he was in it. Not passing judgment either way but come on
That would be interesting. He needs to fuck off and admit it.
Gerry is not, and has never been, connected to SIRO
At it again.
Our Gerry is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star!
He must have known this was a possibility by proceeding with the defamation case.
You lie so often and for so long you start to believe your own lies I guess.
Shocked pikachu face.
Adams ain’t the only one with a problem with BBC Spotlight. There’s another person who was upset with [another episode](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ndxjt).
>I cite two recent cases. In October 2012 “Spotlight” broadcast a programme called “Belize Oil” which investigated the business affairs of Susan Morrice, a Belfast-born businesswoman, now based in Denver. She raised money for an oil exploratory company called International Natural Energy. Astonishingly, the company struck oil in Belize and made millions of dollars. However, the class B shareholders—many from Northern Ireland—who were not professional investors, did not receive a penny in dividends. They sued Ms Morrice, who was found guilty in a Caribbean court of having siphoned off thousands of pounds of company money for her personal use.
>
>As the programme was being prepared for transmission, the journalists involved were bombarded with daily, sometimes hourly, threats of defamation. After transmission, a libel writ was issued against the programme. Tens of thousands of pounds of licence payers’ money was spent as BBC journalists and lawyers prepared the defence case, only for Ms Morrice to drop the case. This is the woman who has Northern Ireland’s gas and oil exploration rights.
([Source: Hansard, House of Lords, 25 Feb 2014](https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/140225-0002.htm))
He was never in the ‘RA, but the ‘RA was always in him.