Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Current Affairs, Politics, Irish Unity, History and Culture.
Episodes
215 episodes since 2020
The Far Right and Social Media | DeJa Vous
The Far Right and Social MediaThere has been a significant increase in recent times in far right racist, islamophobic and hate attacks on social media. The purpose of these has been to promote a climate of fear through a range of conspi...
September 15, 2024
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14:56
Self-dertmination | Nell & Edna
Champion Palestinian Self-determinationIn less than five weeks the genocidal war by the Israel government against the Palestinian people will enter his second year. Having ruthlessly and cruelly waged war against the Palestinian residen...
September 08, 2024
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17:07
Cease Fire | Féile | James Woods
The 94 CessationThe IRA cessation is 30 years old this Saturday. That Wednesday morning on 31 August 1994 two journalists – Barney Rowan from the BBC and Eamon Mallie from Downtown Radio – arrived at The Patio Restaurant in the Kennedy ...
September 01, 2024
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15:59
Féile 24 | Irish Unity
Féile 24 I thought I would reflect on some aspects of Féile 24 in this week’s column. In particular the debates and discussions. First of all I’m sure all Féile enthusiasts agree that this was an outstanding Féile. The debates and ...
August 25, 2024
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16:52
Kneecap | Maureen Wilson | Gaza
KneecapI’m a big fan of Kneecap. From the time they were called NÍ CEAPAINN – a clever use of the Irish phrase and a play on the English words Kneecapping. Ní Ceapainn means ‘I don’t reckon’ or ‘I don’t think so’. For example, in ‘An ce...
August 18, 2024
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13:46
No Pasarán | Rita
No to racists and fascists - No Pasarán!I was delighted to attend Féile An Phobail’s Carnival Parade last Saturday as it meandered its colourful, inclusive and vibrant way from the Dunville Park to An Sportlann on Bothar na bhFal. Under...
August 11, 2024
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16:39
Moore Street | End Israel’s genocidal war | Féile Aris
Moore Street – Rising to our FutureThe campaign to save the 1916 Moore Street Battlefield site and those iconic buildings and streetscape that are forever linked to the most important historic event in modern Irish history has rea...
August 04, 2024
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17:10
Unity Referendum | Any Tickets
Significant boost for Unity ReferendumThis summer the momentum behind the demand for constitutional change and for the Good Friday Agreement commitment to a unity referendum has dramatically increased. The very successful Ireland’s Futu...
July 28, 2024
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19:35
Solidarity | Release Leonard Peltier | Lies and Hypocrisy
Solidarity WorksForty years ago this month, ten workers from the Henry Street branch of Dunnes Stores in Dublin's city centre went on strike to protest against the selling of produce from Apartheid South Africa. A year later, the grou...
July 21, 2024
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15:20
KEIR STARMER | Good Election for SF | Truth
AN OPEN LETTER TO KEIR STARMER Keir a chara, Congratulations on your election as British Prime Minister. I wish you well in the many challenges facing you and your government. The world is very divided at this ti...
July 14, 2024
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15:41
NO PASARAN | Mícheál
NO PASARAN!Across Europe, in the USA, the Middle East and in England regressive political elements are gathering strength. In the North of Ireland we have always had to contend with these forces. And historically the right wing have pla...
July 07, 2024
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15:46
Pádraic Fiacc | United Ireland | Danny D | Gaels Against Genocide
Pádraic FiaccThe first book I wrote was Falls Memories. Brandon Books led by the late Steve Mac Donagh was my publisher. I asked Steve if we could include drawings by Michael McKernon. I didn’t know Michael but I wa...
June 30, 2024
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13:25
A show case for Irish Unity
A Great Showcase for UnityThe SSE Arena in Belfast was buzzing with positivity last Saturday as several thousand people participated in one of the largest public discussions held recently on constitutional change and the potential for I...
June 23, 2024
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18:06
This will Pass | Sactions Now | Ella
This Too Will PassAll of this is grist to the mill of our opponents. But we do not begrudge them that. One of our political achievements is to expose the sameness of these parties interests and policies. We now have to create an alterna...
June 16, 2024
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15:55
Pathway to Change | Elections
IRELAND'S Future has an event in the SSE Arena in Belfast on Saturday, June 15. Entitled Pathway to Change, it has all the makings of a seminal moment in our discussions about the future. It will be the largest gathering by Ireland’s Future sin...
June 09, 2024
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16:26
Irish Unity | Gaza | A better world
Irish Unity makes economic senseLast month a report by the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) caught the headlines with the claim that Irish Unity could cost the South up to €20 billion annually. The analysis was qui...
June 02, 2024
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17:48
Say no to London | Nakba
Dublin Needs To Say No To London.Last week Mr Justice Humphreys, sitting in the High Court in Belfast, in his summary of judgement ordered the “disapplication of provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 in Northern Ireland and decla...
May 26, 2024
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17:37
Immigrants are not the enemy | Recognise the State of Palestine
Immigrants are not the enemy. Divide and conquer is an age old tactic. It is often utilised by conservative elements to advance their regressive agendas. This is true of the Irish as it is of any other nation. In fact histori...
May 19, 2024
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15:24
Student Protests | Captive Columns | Rights in a New Ireland
Solidarity to Student ProtestersIn the late 1960s the major national and international issues of the day that helped shape my politics were the anti-Vietnam War movement, the anti-apartheid struggle against the racist South African gove...
May 12, 2024
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14:14
Moore Street | Mass Graves | The Falls
A successful conference in support of Moore St.Last week The Moore Street Preservation Trust and Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald organised a conference to support the development of a Historical 1916 Cultural Quarter in Dublin Ci...
May 05, 2024
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14:39
Palestine | Sean Mackel | Rights in a New Ireland
It time to recognise the State of PalestineIn 2014 Sinn Féin brought forward a Dáil motion calling on the government to “officially recognise the State of Palestine, on the basis of the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital …”...
April 28, 2024
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12:56
Unity | 100 Years | Keep supporting Palestinian people
Expanding the debate on UnityA recent report - "Northern Ireland Subvention: Possible Unification Effects" - published by ...
April 21, 2024
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15:34
Antrim | Six Months of Hell
Up Antrim! 24 years ago I wrote a short piece for Antrim 2000. I discovered it this week when I was clearingout three decades of accumulated books, newspaper clippings and assorted pamphlets. The 2000 reflection on Gael...
April 14, 2024
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13:35
Special Rapporteur criticises Irish government on Gaza
Special Rapporteur criticises Irish government on GazaFifteen years ago this month I led a Sinn Féin delegation on a visit to the occupied Palestinian territories. Our visit took place seven weeks after Israel’s assault on Gaza be...
April 07, 2024
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Leo made the right call | Gaza Heart Break | Moore Street
Leo finally made the right callLEO Varadkar’s resignation from the office of An Taoiseach and as leader of Fine Gael caught observers by surprise. On reflection, however, it is very much in keeping with his personality. A bit petulant. ...
March 31, 2024
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15:44