Readers Blog: Adams will still hold sway after he retires

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is planning to retire from republicanism. This is not his first time. Mr Adams has been coming and going.

He is in so deep it will not matter whether he is officially president or not, because he will have enormous influence.

Can we really imagine Gerry Adams saying farewell to republicanism and his quest for a united Ireland? Gerry is always there in the background, as evidenced in the nauseating talks at Stormont.