Joan’s opinion piece in today’s Sunday Independent  In last week’s TV3 leaders’ debate, I said that Gerry Adams doesn’t understand the Republic. This deserves some lengthier explanation. During the debate, Deputy Adams kept on referring to us, the other political leaders, as ‘them others’. Sinn Fein, he made clear, were not of us. That’s what … Continue reading GERRY ADAMS DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE REPUBLIC