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GERRY ADAMS AND Prince Charles shared a significant handshake this afternoon, as the British royal began a trip to Ireland.
The Sinn Féin leader was one of a number of people to meet and greet the Prince at an event in Galway today.
The meeting is regarded as being historically significant as Earl Mountbatten, a great-uncle of Prince Charles, was killed in an IRA bomb in County Sligo in 1979.
Charles and his wife Camilla are on a four-day visit to Ireland. As part of the trip, they will also visit the village of Mullaghmore – where the IRA attack took place.
Here’s how this afternoon’s moment played out:
Gerry Adams tweeted about it afterwards, but focused more on the ‘historic’ cup of tea Prince Charles was holding at the time.
“Prince Charles is the Colonel-in-Chief of the Parachute Regiment,” Adams said in advance of the visit.
The regiment of the British Army, he said, was responsible “for killing of many Irish citizens”.
“But he also has been bereaved by the actions of republicans,” he added.
Thankfully the conflict is over. But there remains unresolved injustices. These must be rectified and a healing process developed.
In an RTÉ radio interview in advance of the handshake, Adams said he planned to express his “regret” over the IRA attack on Earl Mountbatten ”which I have done on many occasions”.
No-one who had experienced the decades-long conflict of the Troubles could have lived through it “without regretting that people were killed”.
Thankfully as I said before, it’s over.
The Prince began his speech at NUI Galway with a few words as Gaeilge.
Tonight, he and Camilla will attend a private dinner with President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina at Louch Cutra in Co Galway.
Originally published 2.18pm
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“And what do you do?”
First prize.
I think @rock was paraphrasing Gerry Adams
Not sure what the big deal is?
SF/PIRA have negotiated with the British government for decades i.e. the people who actually made the decisions and issued the orders.
This royal is a powerless figurehead. SF/PIRA’s “issues” with him was disingenuous spoofing, an attempt to keep up the optics of being “true republicans”.
Give its rest Diarmuid, it’s a good day and it’s needed if we are to move forward.
Fu** off diarmuid!!
It took until 2015, yes 2015, for Gerry Adams to come around to the thinking of the vast majority of Irish people?
Give me a break…
He should have met this man’s mother a few years ago, if he wasn’t such a small minded dinosaur and relic of a terrible time in our history.
@ Rock
Top comment hahaha
@ dermo (the albino gorilla whose turned purple): “It took until 2015, yes 2015, for Gerry Adams to come around to the thinking of the vast majority of Irish people?”
Eh, no. Adams supported the good friday agreement, which the vast majority of the Irish people also supported. He also risked his life negotiating with the enemy for a peace that the majority of the Irish people also wanted.
Poor snowflake.
He boycotted Queen Elizabeth only 4 years ago! 2011!
He is decades behind public opinion in this country.
The Irish people never gave SF/PIRA a mandate to conduct its campaign of terrorism in the first place “Were Jammin”. Your shinner trolling and attempts to rewrite history can’t change that fact.
Seemed like a reasonably warm handshake..I mean neither were letting go in a hurry.
That wasn’t so hard now, was it….!!
Diarmuid, this is extremely significant. You are not looking at it from the right angle, it’s a sign of peace. Bridging caps. Showing respect. It’s all part of the bigger effect to create better relations between the two islands.
Weather you like Adams or not is irrelevant.
Reconciliation is wonderful. This should have happened decades ago. The Irish people reconciled with the British people decades ago.
There would be a lot more people and a lot less hurt on this island if Adams had followed the Irish people decades ago.
Diarmuid, you may be right that he boycotted the queen 4 years ago, but can you not appreciate the massive occasion that happened today? While he might be decades behind, it’s better that the handshake happened today and not in 4 years time, or 10 years time.
British Army Oath ….No mention of David Cameron – the Messenger Boy !
I… swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will, as in duty bound, honestly and faithfully defend Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in Person, Crown and Dignity against all enemies, and will observe and obey all orders of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, and of the generals and officers set over me.
Direct line of command !
Diarmuid, sorry, your comment only came up after I wrote mine. I agree with your final comment. Your first couple didn’t come across great.
Is the cup half empty ,or half full !!
Praising a dinosaur and consistent apologist for PIRA terrorism for finally, FINALLY, joining decent modern Irish society?
Nah, I’ll keep my praise for the true architects of our Peace Process.
I think it’s great the Duck and Duckess of Tampon – or whatever their title is , are over here bedding down for the night so close to Biddy Earley’s well ….
I hope they have sweet dreams !
I think it is only right and proper that Prince Charles is visiting Sligo release the files on the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings – whatever about blame or which side started or maintained it – it is only right and proper that relatives should be let visit the dead .
This visit should put more pressure on the revealing of where the disappeared are buried – and release the files on the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings .
Without these solid steps towards peace – then all this is Prince Charles over seeing how the new road into mayo for the gold is coming along – and if that is the case then he is simply wasting his time trying to fool us that it is anything otherwise !
Sorry the computer is jumping a bit – release the files bit shouldn’t be in their the first time – apologies – no edit button – always going forward no looking back to see if we went wrong around some corner or something …
Diarmuid, there was a conflict on this small island for 800 years and Adams was instrumental in bringing peace to it.
no adams was instrumental in bringing conflict not ending it when the IRA surrendered
Colin B, he was a member of, and at the very least supported if not actively participated in, an organisation jointly responsible for the most recent eruption of serious violence in that particular conflict.
Fairly certain the primate in your picture has a higher iq and better understanding of these matters than yourself Diarmuid. Insufferable moron.
Peace came to the North because the Brits needed their men in Iraq …..
Can’t be fighting for Britain if one is also butchering one’s subjects -
Eel Knack Mole, what is your point and how is it relevant to modern day Ireland?
Think people are forgetting the role the PIRA played in 30+ years of bloodshed…
“Think people are forgetting the role the PIRA played in 30+ years of bloodshed…”
Think people are remembering the role Adams played in bringing peace i.e. risking his life to take the gun out of Irish politics.
30 years of murdering innocent civilians achieved exactly what? the surrender was inevitable, did the IRA simply enjoy murdering innocent civilians? it certainly appears so
That’s probably the best description of Dermot I’ve heard yet. An insufferable moron. Concise and to the point.
Patjoe…do you only do one sided histories?
What role did Sinn Féin’s beloved PIRA play in bringing war to this island in the first place “Were Jammin”?!
Do you agree with the PIRA’s civilian bombings, sectarian murders, punishment beatings, murder of Gardaí, racketeering, fuel laundering, bank robberies, kidnappings, relocation of sex abusers…?
Any chance of a straight answer “Were Jammin”?
i always wondered what the its hoped to achieve by blowing up and raping children?
Q: What do you call a gorilla with sand in its hooha?
Dermot, the Provos didn’t bring war to this island, it was the British empire who brought slaughter to our country. The Provos fought back and I, and many like me, are thankful that they did. Innocent people lost their lives and that is truly regrettable, but the seeds for conflict were not sown by Republicans, they were sown by unionists who misruled and gerrymandered the north for decades previous, treating nationalists, republicans and Catholics as 2nd class citizens, burning them from their homes, denying them jobs and houses because of their religion. Thank god for the Provisional IRA. Tiocfaidh Ar Lá.
@Colin B
Adams was also instrumental in continuing the conflict.
DJ so you thankful that the ira blew up and raped children?
Really stephen, explain…..
No straight answer then Jammsy? Quelle surprise…
Hope you’ve had a nice day meeting your counterparts in Royal Press Office.
Would Hitler have received praise if he had decided to end German hostilities in say 1944 or would he have still been looked upon as a madman and sought for war crimes for his leadership over the previous 5 years?
Caption -
“I can’t believe we’ve killed so many of them and still they look up to us !”
Hitler started his war, Adams helped end the one in the north.
F-, must troll better.
Sinn Féin doing what they do best, selling out the Irish and Ireland. Up in arms over the 6 occupied counties while delighting giving the other 26 away to mass-immigration. A complete bunch of hypocrits and power mad treacherous marxist tyrants.
Antrim/Kurdistan. Are you actually saying these words?
Why did Sinn Féin NEVER receive a mandate over 30+ years from the NI Nationalist community for their efforts and support of PIRA strategy?
Thought SF/PIRA were nobly defending Nationalist interests and fighting the forces of imperialism?
Were the NI Nationalist community just ungrateful or just stupid?
They can’t have rejected SF/PIRA for 30+ years, now can they??!
Sorry, forgot “Were Jammin” and his merry band of Shinner trolls don’t like facts and questions….
So you support the murdering of Old Aged Pensioners and children?
There would be no GFA without Adams
Everybody contributed
‘were jammin’ how exactly did your Emir Grizzly risk his life for peace?
Was that someone vomitting in the background?
“Think people are forgetting the role the PIRA played in 30+ years of bloodshed…”
Nobody forgets the IRA’s role in the troubles. But mention the actions committed by the British troops and the loyalist paramilitaries they colluded with, and we’re then told to “move on”.
Dermot and crew, you are adult men getting high and mighty about a war 40 years ago that you watched from a distance whilst the men who lived it and lost loved ones shake hands. You really can’t make it up.
Speaking of being told to “move on”.
“PRINCE Charles’s mentor Lord Mountbatten – murdered by the IRA more than 20 years ago – has also been sensationally linked to the notorious Kincora Boys’ Home scandal in east Belfast. A book called ‘War ofthe Windsors’ Claims that rumours had “even linked him with the notorious scandal surrounding the Kincora Boys’ Home, where a network of teenage boys were made available to VIPs.”
It states: “Of all the recent Royals, none was so consistently immoral and unprincipled as the late Lord Mountbatten.”
http://ukpaedos-exposed.com/uk-child-abusers-named-and-shamed/childhood-abuses/uk-childrens-homes-crisis/kincora-boys-home/
Great to see Adams yet again moving Ireland further toward a lasting peace.You’d swear some of the posters on here were anti-peace process.
There should be statues erected of Mr.Adams in the four provinces for the unselfish work he’s done in steering our country away from war.History will be kind to him.
Hmmm… history will view Adams as leading the political wing of a terrorist organisation, which murdered and maimed thousands of innocent men, women and children for 30+ years.
With no mandate from the Irish people.
With no mandate from the NI Nationalist people.
A man who eventually cashed in for limited power sharing with Unionists, in a UK regional assembly, ruled from London. A solution which he rejected 25 years earlier at Sunningdale.
Adams deserves no praise for his role in the so called peace process. It was the IRA that kept the conflict going when there were times for peace a lot earlier, the fact they decided to come to the table 25 years later is farcical. They only took that route because their military campaign was in ruins, they lost massive support due to murdering civilians in places like Enniskillen in 1987, it’s no coincidence that Adams got the ball rolling then with Hume a year later to try and end a futile campaign. By that time they also realised they were infiltrated to the core, the 14th intelligence and SAS were hunting them all over their strongholds in Armagh and Tyrone, the game was over but sure we all know the PIRA are an undefeated army and came to the table from a position if strength ;) ;) ;) ;)
Yeah a statue so people can rip it’s head off like the Sean Russell statue in Dublin
Your unbelievably one-eyed view of history and constant, unrelenting whataboutery is incredibly tedious- do you not have anything better to do??
There wasn’t really that much time for checking mandates Dermo,this was war.Catholics were 2nd class citizens,in their own British occupied country.Have a look outside your front window there,no sign of a British troop carrier unloading squaddies to lift your neighbours because they are Catholics?Lucky you.
Nobody got lifted for being a Catholic you revisionist fool.
“Nobody got lifted for being a Catholic you revisionist fool.”
I guess you missed the whole internment thing.
Diarmuid – Now if we could only reconcile you and turn you into an Irishman instead of an ould pro Unionist Eegit , with all your thinking in the past , instead of looking into the future , like most of the rest of us ?
How many Protestant/unionists were lifted in internment operation..? Won’t take long to do the research…
Just read a previous comment by you ‘Antrim’ regarding Hitler.Now that was a foolish comment.Hope you get decent weather for the 12th,them tyres will just fizzle out with a drop of rain and you may all have to go bowling instead.
Liar
That comment was at Antrim – lying through teeth again, Hundreds of Catholics were “lifted” and interred, EXACTLY for the reason of bein Catholic, another who is upset with today`s landmark meeting and cosy handshake, it will go down as a seminal moment and will be seen tonight and through the week globally,
No amount of lying can take that fact away, so lie away there antrim – get it all out of your system.
Then you can share that ar of sudocreme with Baz, Patjoejoe, Dermo, Powerabbey and all the rest of your butt hurt friends,
Have great evening and watch the ould blood pressure .
“Not much time for checking mandates”… yeah because democracy should be ignored for 30+ years.
That’s the typical warped SF/PIRA logic which terrorised this island for decades.
People were lifted for being terror suspects, it was directed more towards the nationalist community as that’s where the majority of the trouble came from. Protestants were interned too but they were interned for being suspected UVF members, not because they were Protestants. The British army didn’t care about religion, their first shots during the troubles were fired at Protestants, the first doors kicked in belonged to Shankill Protestants so get away with your republican revisionism.
PS I’m glad Gerry is meeting royals, it’s more proof to me that the conflict is over and the IRA lost. SF will lose another few voters tonight in the nationalist community, only ones out protesting this visit and handshake were nationalists. Unionists don’t give a damn if Adams shacks up with the Queen herself, it’s no threat. It’s the growing number of dissidents that are dismayed by it.
Nelson Mandela said gerry adams is the real king of Ireland before he died sf ind for government ._.
Turb0 Yawnnnnnnnnnnnn………….
Nelson Mandela has the support of the majority of his people.
Why did Gerry Adams ever achieve that?
Oh, I forgot, Shinners don’t do democratic mandates.
* had ,*when
Diarmuid – Now, I’m just going to have to tell your Mammy that you are not taking your Gerryphobia meds again !
I’m really sorry – but you were warned continuously that your infatuation is a huge problem, with your condition.
I realise that you have a huge secret love for Gerry – after Mandela , probably the most admired Political Leader in The World , a Chara !
Diarmuid nobody won the war they both won peace.Peace was and is the best solution ._.
“People were lifted for being terror suspects”
No, they weren’t. They were “lifted” without trial because of their background. The vast majority of people interned were not terrorists, nor had they links to terrorism. It was simply a tactic used to try and control the population through fear.
“Protestants were interned too”
Out of all the people interned during the troubles – 1,874 were of Catholic/Irish Republic backgrounds, and only 107 were from a Loyalist/Protestant background. Seems like a fair balance, don’t you think?
Now off you go, and march down some street banging your drums.
Pat joe paid to troll!
if no one surrendered why did one side give all their weapons to the other :D
You’re misery and anger Diarmuid is a joy to behold, long may it continue :)
A very touching landmark moment. Two men who have lost family members as a result of the conflict in the North shaking hands and putting the past where it belongs. A great display of statesmanship from both men and a great moment for our two nations.
Only difference is one man was involved in the taking of family members
One man, a powerless figurehead. The other man, the leader of the political wing of a terrorist organisation. Not exactly equals.
I take it you have evidence of this?
…as was the other man’s family. Heavily.
SF has had plenty of opportunities in the last decade to make this gesture and they failed miserably. I reckon they have only changed their mind on this due to the elections due next year!
Who said that Gerry wouldn’t shake hands with the devil?
JTM that’s a scurrilous thing to say about HRH Prince Charles
Such a classic typical remark from the Gerry-bashers around here though. Before you made that comment, JTM, did you research and compare the amount of lives taken, across the world, in the name of the monarchs of England versus those taken in the name of Irish Republicanism?
Totally agree. Though pedantically I think it’s worth remembering that Gerry Adams certainly does not represent this country, he represents his organisation and its supporters.
Enda Kenny doesn’t represent me; nor do his organisation or supporters. If there was a civil war going on right now, I’m pretty sure they’d be killing me and mine.
That seems like a fairly outlandish statement when I read it back, but I’m reluctant to change it. I do feel like he actively hates me and a lot of other people like me (ie. not rich and/or powerful)
Well he does Conn. He is the elected Taoiseach of Ireland. Get over yourself
He became Taoiseach by accident, Baz, and well you know it. Most people hated him before he even held the position. That’s all I’ll be saying to you until you sign in under your real profile (you know the one that is at least honest about your YFG membership)
Enda Kenny represents the people of the Republic.
I wouldn’t call Prince Charles a figurehead, a future king perhaps because he was the first born son of the present British monarch. Gerry Adams meanwhile created his own chances in life that has led him to where he is today as a leader of a political party.
Lets be honest, British monarchs and their representatives in the past have met all kinds of leaders including Mandela, Gadaffi, Hitler & Yasser Arafat. That doesn’t mean to say that they are always friends but a handshake can at least be an introduction to reaching out and sealing the past.
No, enda Kenny represents fine Gael, a party that less than 40℅ of voters voted in to power. We did not vote for a taoiseach, we voted for local TDs. If anyone is a representative of Irish people, it would be the president. The taoiseach can change overnight depending on party politics. He does not represent the Irish people, just his party.
both have brothers who are either a convicted or a suspected paedophile…
That’s enough for me not to be impressed by either of them or more importantly the parents who reared them …
Thta’s the way farmers look at things –
“Bad Ram , Bad Lamb
Bad Ewe stock of woe ”
we pronounce “ewe” – “yo “
Yes indeed Hermes, Prince Charles is also a farmer with some of the finest stock breeds of cattle in England and the county of Cornwall under his thumb. Nothing bad about that …….
nor the one million in single payment he gets neither from his chums in the E.U..- there are farmers and there are farmers …
that reminds me – I wonder if any data analytics has been done between Department of Agriculture tax returns and crossover with single payments ?
Or H.S.B.C. for that matter as well …
I wonder if he knows about the effects of inbreeding on rodeo bulls – that a big part farming – Breeding !
At the risk of steering the topic away from farming (?) for a second… I’ll add one other bit before I leave the office… Take a look at FGs representatives on this site. Look at the language they use, constantly sneering at and ridiculing people in vain attempts to sound intelligent and authoritative on matters of importance to everybody. Engage with them for a bit, get the upper hand in your debate, and they just stop and move on to another comment/article where they spout more unsubstantiated rubbish until called on it, moving on, and repeating the process again. The more i think of it… That’s actually you, Enda, isn’t it?!?
So the think that this justifies the PIRA terrorism?
Proinsias – Is that the Official Fianna Fáil line of comment on Charles and Gerry meeting ?
Your Buddy , Micheal Martin must be very upset – is he ?
James – SF – have – The biggest Voting Support in the whole of Ireland – Fact !
how many TDs and MPs :D
It goes to show how far we’ve moved on.. Twenty odd years ago Gerry Adams voice was banned on the TV. Now he’s shaking hands with the British Royal Family..
Yes, it is great that SF/PIRA finally renounced terrorism in the 1990s.
25 years too late, but better late than never.
Crawl back under your rock
Full of admiration to the likes of Fitzgerald, Reynolds, Ahern, Hume, Blair, Major, Timble, Mitchell who worked in bringing peace to this island and brought a stop to the IRA’s murderous failed campaign
You too
Enlightening as ever Toddy.
It appears the some people on this page want things to never forward for the better.
Most of the antagonistic trolls weren’t even born and those that were were sitting yellow when these things happened.
But still they spew their bitterness as the rest move on.
Alternative motives spring to mind here.
Baz you speak of those names like they mattered except for Hume the rest were self serving people opposed to the strategy for peace for their own narrow political interests. As a proud member of SF, I am very pleased that today has happen for many reasons firstly as a nephew of a victim of the troubles, it was great to see people who have also had relatives who lost their lives see fit to meet & bring reconciliation further along.
“Alternative motives spring to mind here.”
Exactly Mike. The FG fraperoom in overdrive.
“Uncle Enda, uncle Enda, look what I posted on the internet”
“Enlightening as ever Toddy.”
That’s hilarious coming from a person that talks the same shite day in, day out. Diarmuid it’s gotten to the stage now I don’t even need to read your comments because I already know what you’ve said. You’re just that predictable :-)
He thinks spewing out hate filled comments about sinn fein will change how people perceive the party and hopefully change there vote! He’s a mong
Diarmuid you remind me of my ex husbands willie bitter and twisted.
SFHQ in overdrive as ever… falling over themselves to fawn over their dear leader and bully everyone who doesn’t agree.
Think mike . some are upset that Gerry Adams and sinn fein are gaining support and this today will be looked upon by many as a good day and a good step for reconciliation. Doesn’t suit the agenda for some that these pictures are the ones that will be beamed across new stations today. Some would rather spout hate but thankfully the majority see this for what it is. A good thing.
“SFHQ in overdrive as ever… falling over themselves to fawn over their dear leader and bully everyone who doesn’t agree.”
“Wah,wah,wah, the bad people on the internet are picking on me”.
“LesBehan”… aha! See what you did there. Hope you’re voting Yes.
Here’s Lorraine Higgins number (087 2511244) give her a bell and tell her about the mean internet people. Although you might be better off with a psychiatrist, so you can sort out those non existent phantom Shinners you keep seeing at every turn.
Enlightening as ever haha how ironic, you come on here, spew your driven and when presented with any sort of logical or objective argument you don’t even acknowledge it. I remain open minded but I don’t swallow dogma. Good on you Dermot, at least you’re consistent, I’ll give you that much
@Cllr – “the troubles” huh? What a quaint and harmless term to describe 30 years, where a bunch of so-called patriots of Ireland decided they didn’t agree with the democratic will of the majority and instead started shooting and bombing people. Kinda like ISIS in that regard.
I don’t see why I should be grateful for Adams finally using whatever connection he had to help bring it to the end. He did help start it after all. It’s like thanking the school bully for stopping beating you up.
Cllr Malachy – would you care to comment on reports of a senior Sinn Fein politician attending the infamous paedophile haunt Elm Guest House – covered up since Maggie Thatcher’s time ?
terrorism not troubles
“The Troubles” proved that the anti-treaty side was correct in that if the british weren’t gotten off the island for once and for all then it would only lead to people getting killed again !
How many people from the north died in World War 2 that wouldn’t had Northern Ireland been Neutral like the intelligent South bowing to no outsider or their crazy butchering !
brits aint gone anywhere :D
Time and tide and all that ….
political agenda paid by the state
This is symbolic and I believe finally signals the end of the IRA military campaign. Whatever one thinks of Gerry Adams, he has to be admired for bringing the IRA to this point. Without his and McGuinness’s leadership, there would still be conflict in the North.
I can’t stand Adams, but have to credit him for taking part in gestures like this that continue to move hearts and minds forward in little steps when he could take the easy way out and sit on his ass.
While glad to see the handshake, Gerry Adams is no closer to bringing peace to Northern Ireland today then he was 34 years ago at Bobby Sands bedside when he died, that was the day the decision was taken to end the campaign of violence.
The hard men in the Provos changed their name to Continuity IRA, STILL ACTIVE TODAY.
The IRA, they haven’t gone away you know, time for Gerry Adams to pass the baton, he has done whatever he can do.
bobby sands killed himself cause he didnt like the colour of his clothes, what a patriot…
Mountbatten killed himself because he didn’t want to pay his rod licence , what Brit !
we can play this game all day Pat – or people can see that behind the pageantry and all the media coverage there is something seriously wrong at the heart of politics around Northern Ireland !
don’t forget the innocent children also blown up alongside mountbatten, and the ira say they don’t target children?????
Childish shite. He was a principled hero
I have never supported the IRA Patjoejoe, but I did not believe that anyone could doubt the sincerity of the hunger strikers, even if they believed what they (the hunger strikers) were doing was wrong, criminal, whatever.
The hunger strikers were sincere in their beliefs, be the right or wrong, they gave their lives for their beliefs.
no kevin it was about the colour of their clothes- absolutely pathetic. Would even 1% of the republic even be able to name how ever many terrorist killed themselves by refusing to eat.
Never thought I’d see the day. Well done to both, even to be in the same room, and Martin McGuiness toasting the Queen at Buckingham Palace not so long ago, how times have changed, for the better too!
Great to see SF/PIRA try catch up with public opinion in this country.
Ha Ha !! Dermo Jaysus you must be seriously,seriously butt hurt today mate, LOL – A firm and honest handshake be both men,Can only be good for Ireland and UK relations, Can only be good for Sinn Féin in the eyes of the electorate.
This will be going global today and tonight, and as result will be a seminal moment in years to come.
Tiocfaidh ar lá mo chara!
On a positive note, I don’t see how SF can justify in future the abstentionist viewpoint of boycotting representing the the NI electorate at Westminster. You can’t have SF leaders chatting and dining with the British royal family and pretend not to recognize them, it makes no sense.
Nice to see so many shinner trolls excited by a royal visit.
Maybe it’s the excitement of being in a UK regional assembly ruled from London, having this fella’s mother as their head of State?
Ochón, tá an lá imithe!
Why are you so bitter Diarmuid….did someone take your transfers?
What on earth is your problem?
On one hand you say this should have happened years ago…then on the other you try to goad people to keep the hate alive.
You really are messed up in the head.
great to see two british people like martin mc guinness and baron adams getting to meet their master :D
Patjoe….did Enda send you the cleaning bill for his trouser leg yet?
Baron adams couldn’t contain his excitement at meeting his master :D
Al Ca, just calling out the hypocrisy of SF/PIRA supporters on here and the pathetic cult status they bestow on their beloved Adams.
They are dinosaurs who belong in the past, despite their best efforts to rewrite the past.
He’s sent a bill to Diarmuid for the other leg too.
Speaking of leaders dermo, any chance you could print out the photos of Adams above and hand them to inda next time he drops into headquarters? Be nice for him to see what a real statesman looks like.
alas we will never know if baron adams is a statesman :D
Dermot, it’s you who continuously goes on about the past. It’s republicans who want a truth and reconciliation commission so a line can be drawn and everyone can move on, only it doesn’t serve FG, FF and Labour politically to have a strong Sinn Féin. It’s your blueshirt pals who refuse to move on. Because they know they have the most to lose. Putting themselves first, sure haven’t we had nearly 100 years of that with FF/FG.
Sorry Shinner trolls, I don’t support a political party like a cult / soccer team. You should give it a try some time.
Say something negative about Sinn Féin Jammsy and DJ… I dare you.
PS neither men are “statesmen”. One is a prince, the other a mere politician. Prince Charles will soon be head of State in NI though.
Get a life Dermo.A new hobby maybe.Adams has given decades of his life to the peace process but you and others on here seem to want to return to the bad old days.
A return to civilian bombings and sectarian murders? No thanks. I have a life, how many of SF/PIRA’s victims can say the same thing?
The arrogance of shinners… demanding everyone, except them, moves on.
Forget it Dave….Diarmuid has pulled out all the accounts to re-ignite the hatred. Everyone else wants to move on but he’s stuck in the past unlike most Irish people.
How is not supporting SF/PIRA, living in the past?
All you jokers are left with is insults. You have no logical arguments.
You’re pontificating Diarmuid like you’re the primate of all Irelan… oh… em… wait.
Charles looks a bit nervous
Yes…you can see it in his body language
Would you blame him ?
Do you blame him……
I think its sweet that gerry looks like he is bowing
Sure they are both from the uk why shouldn’t they
Caption competition..what did Gerry whisper in Charlie’s ear?
fancy a spot of fishing in the morning?
Catch u later?
You’re so predictable citizen smith.
Very pleased to meet you, your Royal Highness. I’m Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
You’ve your pedophiles as well I hear.
Charles said “Where he goes and meets Irish people they raise his spirits” ! What are we a nation of Court Jesters !!!
We’re in the euro zone here Charlie, if you head to a strip joint later you won’t need to worry about slipping the strippers pictures of your ma.
Crazy horse still alive (Liverpool )
Poor old Edna did all in his power to block the handshake….as it shows who is the only international statesman in the Dail….Edna is sure being pistol whipped by Queens these days.
True enough. I was watching VinB last week and Adams was described by two of the panel (neither of them SF) as the outstanding politician of his generation.
and whatever you think of him as a person, you can’t deny this. He is a fantastic politician.
Lol.
Not great at maths though.
We’ll leave the maths to the schoolteachers…….like inda. We’ll leave the politics to the statesmen, like Adams, and the maths to their advisors and Dept. of Finance.
can that idiot even count to 10 :D
what the role of a statesman if he can’t understand the economy, oh i forgot they have a ‘rock star’ (college dropout) to do the books :D its all too tragic for the cult :D
Did two VinB panelists tell you to say that “Were Jammin”?
A bit touchy on the old maths front there. Is it SF policy that maths aren’t important to run an economy?
I’m sure you’re hoping Gerry can get more PR to cover his ineptitudes… who’s next on his reconciliation tour?
Nice to see. Can only be good for Ireland.
a few brits shaking hands is irrelevant to this country
Ha ha!! Made my day to see you, Baz and Dermot doing your best Frank Grimes (aka Grimey) self destruction impressions!! I lol!!!
Bit like your comments irrelevant nonsense. Go hail the glorious leader. He must be feeling left out today. Ask him where’s the fennelly report and why he won’t have an independent inquiry into siteserv and irbc.
I’m sure he is sitting back admiring the latest polls :D
And sitting on the fennelly report. Must be a high cushion he has now. Sits on a lot of things
yea, high in the polls mostly :)
SITESERV.
So patjoe since you know what enda is doing. Tell me why is he sitting on the fennelly report ?
Why won’t he have independent inquiry into siteserv and irbc?. Since you know him so well . we would all love to know. You must know because you constantly congratulate the great leader as you call him. You must have some information in regards to these that we don’t because it seems only insiders know the answers and others are asking the questions? And since you never ask and only hail . you must know.
really your job is blacken sinn fein
Para regiment destroyed ballymurphy during the 70s, Charles Windsor lost family members.. If they can shake hands and move on, why can’t the sindo/ rest of Irish media/trolls on journal?
For the sake of the greater good people have decided to move on from their past disputes and tolerate one another. This does not mean we should forget the past and what various people have done.
I don’t know if you would class me as a ‘troll’, but struggle with how people seem to think we must pretend a persons past actions never occurred when we consider their suitability as public representatives.
Eel….tell that to the citizens of South Africa, they realised that wallowing in the past would not allow them to move forward…so they got it out of the way….fast.
I think that an amnesty for all sides should be offered now at this stage .
I know I rib the Brits , but it is so long ago and I bet many of the people might do things differently now.
Not to find the finger for blame but rather so the same mistakes aren’t repeated – unless people want the staus quo to continue fore other reasons .
Then you have to look to the past and ask why ?
Let bygones be bygones Charles and gerry have
Gerry for Taoiseach !
The Irosh unionists must be sickened to see this. Cant wait for the Sindo to do a piece on how Gerry intimidated Charlie into a handshake. 2015 Peace Good Relations happy days
Michael Martin also
Fantastic to see.. Onwards and upwards!
Wouldn’t it be great if Gerry was Taoiseach for Easter rising centenary celebrations next April
well as he is under investigation both sides of the border for his role in covering up abuse, not to mention the ongoing investigation into his alleged role in ordering the murder of jean mc conville, probably a better bet would be a prison cell
And yet Nelson Mandela wanted Gerry at his funeral!! Gerry the statesman.
No one cares their both corrupt fools
So much wrong with your comment, but the spelling as a starter, is telling.
You do clearly do , you took the time to comment .
I suppose you harken back to the days when FG FF ran the country like their own personal fiefdom with no real threat or fear of exposure , well you’ve blown it now ,Sf like them or loath them are here to stay, now mop up your tears and build a bridge .
Ivorpabst, so much wrong with your punctuation.
Spelling correct but the use of language is not correct.
The fact that people consider it to be noteworthy that a man who thinks he’s on course to be our next Taoiseach deigns to shake the hand of a foreign dignitary is worrying enough. But sure the same people seem to think it’s grand that he has hid paedophiles within and outside his family, ordered assassinations and punishment beatings and other worthy pursuits. All in our name of course. His Irish spelling is poor too, I’m sure he probably meant ‘bualadh’ and ‘stairiúil’. :-)
Diarmuid its morons like you that hold our country back, go back under your stone!
I bet belenda kenny is well and truely pizzed off with charles for making gerry look better than him
The yellow ticker at the end of the video was hilarious. I don’t know why people shaking hands, like people do, has to be some major ‘newsflash on a yellow banner’. Was Gerry going to deck him instead?
Should this not say: “Prince Charles’ ancestors oversaw the rape, pillage and the murder of incalculable numbers of Mr Adam’s family and countrymen for nearly 800 years? As well as the continued illegal occupation of 6 counties of the island of Ireland.”?
…. and built the university that they are standing in
and???
as tommy tiernan said ‘what the fu* k, even, is pillage’ :D
people like you are the reason the peace process is fragile
Fair play to Charles.
You’re an awful ejit Dermot!
Such relentless one sided dribble that comes out of Dermot’s mouth!
The IRA killed Charles’s uncle. He shuck hands with the leader of Sinn Féin. Fair play to him. That was an honourable or courageous and forgiving thing to do.
Now it wasn’t easy for Gerry to do either so some credit for him too.
Well done to both men.
Fair play to Charles and our FF & FG will not share power with Sinn Fein
Where’s my comment ?
It’s behind you.
Well done Gerry, and well done charlie
Sein Fein changed there minds very quickly remember back to the queens visit SF were against it until they realised the public were in support if the visit. They are not going to get caught twice . Bit hallow on SF
They realised in 2011 that they were decades behind public opinion.
This is an attempt to catch up.
Whereas FG are totally “down with it”
All I can remember was the 6 o’clock news in the 70′s when everyday people were dying / I mourn their passing and I feel for their families but I thank God it’s over and we can move forward
Good stuff, this is all progress.
We all know there are those who will constantly look backwards, not forwards, but thankfully they are a minority at this point.
Hatred breeds hatred,time to heal.
Don’t tell Diarmuid that, he’s stuck in the troubled past.
Perpetrator and victim shake hands.
Charles is just a figure head with no power you can’t blame him for what was done in his family’s name
He wasn’t
It’s not like Prince Charles was ever a member of the British Armed Forces or anything.You know like being Colonel and Chief of the parachute regiment .And in case anyone thinks thats honorary or anything.He’s passed the training course and is an actual Para.He’s also served in both the Royal Navy and RAF.
The guy is a trained solder and if anyone should be nervous about going toe to toe in that photo, its probably Gerry.
Im not a monarchist and I deeply dislike the system of inherited power btw.
Tap sol y – very inclusive statement there, well done! Allows both sides to decide which was which!! Everyone’s happy!!
What on earth has Diarmuid got against SF/PIRA? It’s bordering on the rabid.
The fact that they murdered and maimed thousands of Irish men, women and children. For starters..
Is that the Brits you’re talking about. If so ,you exagerate. The Brits and their loyalist allies only killed 2,500 Irish people.
Loyalist terrorists also murdered many innocent Irish people, correct.
On a personal level it’s a nice gesture but on a political level it’s simply part of the mood music to the soundtrack of the future for the two nations which will reach a crescendo when the occupied 6 counties are finally handed back to a more fiscally mature and secure “Republic” by which time Charles will no longer be King but his son or grandson will be. Either way, they will be glad to be rid of that troublesome and very expensive part of the UK.
Meanwhile I’m certain Mr Adams can turn today’s meeting to some political capital come the election; after all if the nephew of man who was so cruelly blown to smithereens by allies of Mr Adams can forgive the perpetrators surely FG /FF can do likewise ?
Not to do so but to continue with the daily onslaught on SF/IRA as not being fit to govern etc etc is surely churlish in the extreme not to mention out of step with public opinion. Still, the vested interests of FG/FF must be protected at all costs. Perhaps I have it wrong and that this meeting is a precursor for a radical change of political heart which will allow FG/FF to view SF/IRA as being in fact and in deed a highly respectable political party who just so happen to have won a major slice of the votes in 2016 and therefore eminently suitable to join a coalition government !
Watch this space as politics is as ever the art of the possible. Thus far, one could argue Mr Adams has achieved what no one ever thought possible .
Like many Irish media the journo leads with the killing of Mountbatten but does not refer to the mass murders, in Derry and Ballymurphy, by Prince Charles troops, of Irish citizens. It is left to a quotation from Gerry to balance up the report. The one-sided telling of the tale in Irish media is not uncommon. By contrast the BBC online coverage refers to all three incidents.
Lets learn from the past, leave it in its appropriate place and move on. Perhaps an exception is the mass slaughter in Dublin and in Monaghan. It has British Intelligence finger prints all over it and the British are still uncooperative about releasing relevant info.
Not comfortable with talking about PIRA terrorism in the west of Ireland? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.
Diarmuid, yesterday, you were spewing out hatred re Gerry Adams and the IRA. Today, it is the same hate filled mindless diatribe, Yesterday you tried to excuse it as calling out the hypocrisy of SF supporters and call any and everyone who does not see things through hate filled eyes a troll.
It is really sad to see another human being so mired in so much hatred, that they cannot see the positive in today’s handshake. What would you prefer? That the war there never stopped? That the killing and mayhem continued?
Yourself, that idiot patjoe, and a few others of from the FG office, are the greatest recruiters of votes for SF that any campaign SF themselves could think up of.
Go and get help before your hate consumes you.
Diarmuid the monkey boy,is he jamie bryson
Níl mé Séamas, a leathcheann.
I thought the prince would at least have someone to hold the tea for him.
All i can think off is that more people will vote SF because of this especially the by-election in Carlow on Friday.
I hope they searched gerry first.
I was thinking the same thing about Charles
Charlie doesn’t run an organisation that sells the shirts like this though. http://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/ira-undefeated-army/
Lots of moronic haters on here. Pity, because the majority of decent people appear to be looking for good future lasting relations between U.K. and Ireland. Fair play to both Charles and Gerry.
Did gerry ask him …you mean to tell me,you as prince of Wales never knew Saville was odd?…yer havin me ‘awn!!!
The fine gael and labour lackies are not too happy with good publicity gerry is getting today ,all hail gerry adams the leader of the largest political party in ireland and soon to be taoiseach ,
How touching the former Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead shakes hands with the Prince of Wales.
I cannot fathom why factual posts get red thumbed, are some people a tad miffed perhaps!
The other ex Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead will also be shaking hands with HRH The Prince of Wales, but sure he shook already hands with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the sky did not fall down.
LOL Frank, are you butt hurt with todays coverage too/
Maybe you can share a jar of sudocream with Baz and Dermo, cut down on the costs,
God bless you all, look at yiz getting all hot and bothered…..
Made my day to see all you gombeens blowing up with high blood pressure, lol
Proinsias ,
Is that what you call Mehole , at your Fianna Fáil Cumann Meetings ?
You must really hate Republicans so much Proinnsias – Why are you not in FG , or one of the other Unionist Parties ?
Hope Gerry got a selfie for his twitter account
Is that Briton in the final picture with her hair all done and wearing a mini?!? Must be a ploy in the hope her car won’t get stopped in this historical moment!!!!!!!
By Briton I of course mean “Bruton” but it’s a good autocorrect ☺️
God she is ugly and that is just her politics…
The self serving egotistical thieves we currently have in power are not fit to shine Adams shoes.Theres not one of them remotely close to even compare him to.And the muffin makers our leader,mad world.
Adams for Taoiseach,and we may get some pride back in our country,instead of the sleeveens we currently have kow towing to Europe and fleecing the Irish public in the process.
I’ve read a lot of comments here and people are like this is good we have moved on fair play to both which is great that this has happened in my opinion past is past for a reason look forward not back.
But head over to the daily mail and see what the comments have to say, now I know it’s only the daily mail before I get slated but still have a look at the comments
Wouldn’t bother to check the daily mail. Rag for the non-thinking and inward looking. Tribal comes to mind.
no thats an phoblacht your thinking of
diarmuid hates catholics simple as he would have been a black and tan given the opportunity.he would sicken a dogs arse him and his cronies who agree with him and are forever putting down sinn fein.he is a fool and obviously no way is he catholic irish or if he is he should fcuk of somewhere to some place that would listen to his drivel.MUPPET
John fogarty ,, i agree fully with your comment about the likes of diarmuid , diarmiud comes across as your typical loyalist flegger drowning in his own cesspool of anti irish tripe ,the only thing worse than a loyalist flegger is a fine gael loyalist like kenny
Cén sórt ábhártacht atá ag baint leis mo chuid religiún, a phleidhcí? Is aoibheann liom mo bhrat Éireannach féin, níl mé ró-thóghtha leis an mbrat Sasananch (an iomarca línte). B’fhéidir, ba mhaith libh cummann tacaíochta Diarmada a bhunú? Is mór an onóir é sin, GRMA.
Tiocfaidh ár lá!
Ah Charles is sound though isn’t he?
Great crowd of well wishers for them at NUIG. It’s great to see people without a chip on their shoulder.
Get out of Ireland prince of the orange land
said Baron Adams
I’d bet Mr Charles was reminiscing of the time spent with Mountbatten.
Careful now!!
Hilarious stuff. The whole raison d’être of the visit was that Tommy Gorman could get to do his grief porn on the state broadcaster but auld Lizzie has changed the ‘money shot’. FG / Labour hoisted by their own petard. It was all about telling the nation how they can’t be allowed to vote for the dastardly SF and it has spectacularly back fired.
theres a bomb under the cup
Turncoat
And all the Sinn Fein/IRA sympathisers calling opponents “West Brits”. Oh the irony of it all.
“Eh… Sorry I tried to kill your family”
Which one said that?
Looked s bit forced and unnatural, but in the bigger picture may have been the right thing to do.
SF/IRA headquarter have all their members on alert today to use their multiple Twitter account to red-thumb anything that questions the commandant’s motives!
The cup of tea/coffee in Charles’ hand is significant – during his brief conversation with Gerry Adams.
As if to say to the world (which will view the pictures and video) that – “I just met this guy at a ‘do’ along with a lot of other people, as I mingled’…..
Letting the world (and all of us) know that its wasn’t a meeting between them. Just a casual greeting at a reception about entirely different matters.
Bullshit and you represent Ireland ????
I wonder how hard he squeezed
Have uou met my coffee cup; Mr Adams?
Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead Gerry Adams meets the Prince of Wales…. ye crazy brits and your titles, us irish find it all very amusing :D
Us?
No…type for yourself.
Pat Joe Joe, 1st prized knob of the journal.
two british toffs chattering about ireland, its all very amusing :D
Your totally bluffing patjoejoe123, your a loyalist tug……
no that mob are just as bad, only difference is they don’t ask us to vote for them
He should have curtsied, very disrespectful to Gerry.
Disgrace
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