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Irish Political Leader in 'Hot Water' After Tweeting Racial Slur
Edit Chosun Ilbo 03 May 2016
Gerry Adams, an Irish politician and leader of the Sinn Fein political party, caused an uproar Sunday after he posted multiple racial slurs on his Twitter account ... He used the movie to compare the treatment of slaves to that of Irish nationalists in a Catholic area of Belfast ... On Thursday, the Northern Ireland Assembly will hold elections, and opinion polls indicate the Sinn Fein party is expected to win about a quarter of the votes. ....
Gerry Adams' Ballymurphy 'N-word' tweet makes headlines around world
Edit Belfast Telegraph 02 May 2016
The Sinn Fein president sparked an uproar on Sunday night as he took to social media after watching the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained ... A statement issued by Sinn Fein in the early hours of Monday morning said that the use of the word was "ironic" and denied racism ... "The Sinn Fein leader’s public use of a racist slur falls well below the standards demanded by us all....
Funds allocated to address housing crisis need to be implemented - Ní Riada (Sinn Féin)
Edit Public Technologies 02 May 2016
Sinn Féin) ... Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called on the Irish Government to implement funding they have drawn down from the European Investment Bank for the building of social housing in Ireland ... Sinn Féin issued this content on 02 May 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....
Gerry Adams Tweets The N-Word To Compare Irish Nationalism To Slavery
Edit Huffington Post 02 May 2016
The Sinn Fein president said he had either been misunderstood by those who had taken offence at his use of the term, or they were misrepresenting the post ... "The Sinn Fein leader’s public use of a racist slur falls well below the standards demanded by us all," he said in a statement ... "For years now Sinn Féin have embarrassingly tried to portray Gerry Adams as some kind of international icon....
Video: Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams apologises for N-word tweet about Django Unchained
Edit Belfast Telegraph 02 May 2016
The Sinn Fein president sparked an uproar on Sunday night as he took to social media after watching the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained ... A statement issued by Sinn Fein in the early hours of Monday morning ......
Gerry Adams apologises for using N-word in tweet
Edit Belfast Telegraph 02 May 2016
The Sinn Fein leader has admitted his controversial tweet - later removed from his Twitter account - was inappropriate but defended his comparison of the treatment of Irish nationalists to African Americans ... Speaking outside Sinn Fein's Belfast headquarters at a hastily arranged press conference on Monday, he admitted deleting the tweet minutes after posting it ... "Sinn Fein will not sit at the back of the bus for anyone."....
If you are not going to vote on Thursday, then don't complain if outcome is a fudge like we have in Dublin
Edit Belfast Telegraph 02 May 2016
Out of 158 seats, Fine Gael won 50, Fianna Fail 44, Sinn Fein 23, Labour 7 and the hard-Left (Anti Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit) 6 ... But under their present leadership, neither Fianna Fail nor Fine Gael was prepared to run the risk of having Sinn Fein as the official opposition ... This encouraged Fianna Fail to echo Sinn Fein with a U-turn and an irresponsible manifesto promise to abolish Irish Water and charges....
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams Quickly Deletes N-Word Tweet
Edit Newsweek 02 May 2016
Gerry Adams, who heads the Sinn Fein political party in Ireland and Northern Ireland, posted the term on his Twitter account on Sunday, provoking an angry reaction on social media ... way as African-Americans until we stood up for ourselves,” Adams said in a statement posted to the official Sinn Fein website....
Gerry Adams apologises for Django Unchained N-word tweet
Edit The Irish Times 02 May 2016
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has acknowledged he “made a mistake” in using the N-word in a tweet in which he compared the struggle against slavery in the US to the plight of Irish nationalists ... In a statement from Mr Adams, issued by the Sinn Féin press office early on Monday, he said he has been opposed to racism all his life ... The focus on Mr Adams’ comments are unhelpful for Sinn Féin days before the Assembly elections on May 5th....
Gerry Adams defends N-word tweet
Edit The Guardian 02 May 2016
Sinn Féin president says people offended by tweet about Django Unchained film had either misunderstood it or were misrepresenting it ... The Sinn Féin president said he had either been misunderstood by those who had taken offence at his use of the term, or they were misrepresenting the post. The offending tweet about the Oscar-winning Quentin Tarantino film appeared on his profile late on Sunday night. It said ... He said ... ....
Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein president, tweets N-word
Edit The Washington Times 02 May 2016
The longtime leader of Irish Republican Army’s political wing used the most toxic of all racial slurs Sunday night, only to quickly delete it. Gerry Adams, who heads the Sinn Fein political party in Ireland, posted on Twitter that he was watching a Quentin Tarantino movie. "Watching Django Unchained- A ... ....
N-word tweet on Adams's account deleted
Edit BBC News 02 May 2016
An online post containing a racist term from Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams's Twitter account is deleted after provoking an angry action on social media ... ....
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