Adams successors likely scapegoats for his success in outpacing the past

THE fever of expectation that erupted on news of Gerry Adam’s arrest last Wednesday night among the southern political class will likely be disappointed for now.

I was at the opening of the Abbey’s Theatre’s Twelfth Night when news arrived at the interval. Senior civil servants were seen scanning their smart phones for breaking news. Word spread more efficiently among the audience, than even the innuendo in the script, delivered brilliantly on-stage. Adams was behind bars and the Shinners apparently cornered.

In apt words from Twelfth Night “journeys end in lovers meeting”. Meeting that news was for many, true love indeed. But the arousal of anticipation is unlikely to result in satisfaction on polling day, two weeks from next Friday.