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Gerry Adams tells of his nights on the floor
Friday, 5 February 2010
Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams with a copy of the Hillsborough Castle agreement on power-sharing
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Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has revealed he slept on the floor during the intensive talks at Hillsborough Castle over the devolution of policing and justice.
He claimed the talks were most successful when it was just his party negotiating with the DUP.
Writing on his blog Léargas, Mr Adams said the Sinn Fein teams negotiated for 120 hours last week but most of this time was “about keeping the NIO from messing things up, about neutralising unhelpful interventions from the governments, getting rid of pre-conditions and creating the space for positive discussions between ourselves and the DUP”.
He added: “No one should think that everything is going to be perfectly hunky dory from here on if the DUP sign up to this agreement. On the contrary, the process of change will continue to challenge everyone. It is also a journey. This week’s work has prepared the ground for the next phase.
“The deprivations of this last week and all the other inconveniences like sleeping on the floor, which accompany such negotiations, are a small price to pay.”
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Croppy Boy, it is an orange bed not a green one and I want one just the same,Theres a song there somewhere.
Posted by ron54 | 06.02.10, 14:58 GMT
Or better yet, maybe Iris would give him a loan of her new bed.....
Posted by Croppy Boy | 05.02.10, 19:58 GMT
Well, gerry, it could have been a lot worse, sleeping on the floor, you poor wee thing. You could have been a Blanket man. That would have toughened you up, lad!
Posted by billyboy | 05.02.10, 09:36 GMT