A new chapter

By Danny Morrison (for the Irish Times)

I’m sure that there is a little nervousness within Sinn Fein as Gerry Adams steps down as president of the party, having led it to great electoral success across Ireland, and having been, along with the late Martin McGuinness, at the forefront of the republican struggle for decades. He was also one of the Republican movement’s most astute and experienced negotiators, as even his opponents acknowledge.

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