‘Partition sucks’ - Gerry Adams says Northern Ireland centenary ‘doesn’t merit celebration’

The former President of Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams, has said the plan to mark the 100th anniversary of Northern Ireland in 2021 “doesn’t merit celebration”.
Andrew Quinn
By Andrew Quinn
Published 4th Sep 2020, 12:28 BST
Updated 4th Sep 2020, 12:35 BST
Former Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams.Former Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams.
Former Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams.

Mr. Adams made the remarks on Friday in a series of tweets containing extracts from his online blog.

“Partition sucks,” said Adams. “It doesn’t merit celebration,” he added.

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The former West Belfast MP claimed Northern Ireland emerged from a “maelstrom of sectarian violence” and therefore should not be celebrated.

“The North was born in a maelstrom of sectarian violence,” declared Mr. Adams.

“The Unionist establishment built apartheid regime. 2021 needs the widest possible debate.

“Must not just be about the past. It must about the future.”

Northern Ireland was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned - the 100th anniversary of the country will be celebrated in 2021.