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Mark Devenport | 15:45 UK time, Thursday, 8 January 2009

i was chatting to Gerry Adams yesterday after interviewing him about the internal reshuffle which is seeing Pat Doherty replaced by Mary Lou McDonald as Vice President. He revealed that he had just started blogging on the BelfastMedia site.

Gerry's first blog post dwells on last year's political departures, by Bertie and Ian Snr. Now that Pat Doherty is stepping down as Vice-President (if not as West Tyrone MP and MLA) I wondered whether the Party President was considering following suit. He insists that's not under consideration and that he has plenty of work to do in 2009.

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  • 1. At 8:03pm on 08 Jan 2009, Dennis Junior wrote:

    Mark:

    i saw the new gerry adams blog and it looks like a very interesting and informative....

    and, for your blog title: interesting name of it....

    ~Dennis Junior~

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  • 2. At 06:54am on 09 Jan 2009, Nevin wrote:

    in the meantime .. Mark can you help the Beard deal with ANGER management - and how to release CAPS LOCK :)

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  • 3. At 09:18am on 09 Jan 2009, SusieFlood wrote:

    Mark

    PROBABLY THE MOST BORING BLOG EVER

    Against my better judgement I dipped into Gerry Adams's Blog.

    Verdict: His writing skills are on a par with his oral skills i.e. mind-numbingly boring.

    Positive point: The perfect cure for insomnia.


    Susie
    Carryduff

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  • 4. At 10:56am on 09 Jan 2009, CarsonsCat wrote:

    Hmm..... so he thought that blogging would help him show that he's not actually vacuous and can deal in some level of detail.

    So what are his comments on the job losses at FG Wilson

    "SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. "

    Gerry "something must be done" Adams - he's not actually going to say what must be done of course, except that its probably the fault of partition and an Irish Language Act would have secured the jobs.

    He's turning into a cartoon character of himself by the day.

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  • 5. At 7:06pm on 09 Jan 2009, Stormontspy wrote:

    Now that the 150 day stalemate is over Gerry needs something to do. Maybe in his spare time he will realise 2 things

    1. No one wants a united Ireland

    2. The election results in the south show that the Irish People don't want Sinn Fein or their agenda

    Stormontspy

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  • 6. At 9:54pm on 09 Jan 2009, Stormontspy wrote:

    To add on to my last comment. Why doesn't Gerry do what his lookalike and same surname do? Play darts. Gerry could also be called wolfie. Remember - "nothing can beat a bit of bully".

    Stormontspy

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  • 7. At 11:03pm on 12 Jan 2009, ________-RJ-________ wrote:

    Poor old Gerry. It's hard to take him seriously when you know he can't have you shot any more.

    We are experts at electing wastes of space, but by god he takes the biscuit.

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  • 8. At 11:20pm on 13 Jan 2009, ________-RJ-________ wrote:

    Although he's probably not as much of a waste of space as the Giant's Causeway visitor centre.

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  • 9. At 9:17pm on 15 Jan 2009, patrick_78 wrote:

    Re # 8
    Oh, if only someone with vision could step in and create an appealing visitor centre, RJ. Someone with money. And political ties.

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