Gerry Adams stands over ‘context’ of N-word tweet

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams qualified his apology for tweeting the N-word to his 111,000 followers, but defended the “context” in which he used the term.

The Sinn Féin leader faced a significant backlash when, in reference to a Quentin Tarantino film which he had apparently just watched, he tweeted late on Sunday night: “Watching Django Unchained — A Ballymurphy N****r!”

While he said the tweet was deleted “quite soon afterwards”, it had been retweeted at least 143 times and liked at least 68 times.