Humes Adams Statements

For almost a decade, Sinn Féin, with others, set about the task of putting a peace process in place. The embryonic peace process emerged publicly in 1993 in the first joint statement by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP and SDLP leader John Hume.

John Hume/Gerry Adams/Bertie Ahern Statement 25th July 1997

Joint statement issued by An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Sinn Féin President Mr Gerry Adams MP and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader Mr John Hume MP, 25 July 1997 following a meeting in Dublin. Read more

John Hume/Gerry Adams Statement 18th July 1997

Joint statement issued by Sinn Féin President Mr Gerry Adams MP and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader Mr John Hume MP, Friday 18 July 1997 Read more

John Hume/Gerry Adams Statement 20th October 1995

Proposals drawn up by the Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams and the leader of the SDLP, John Hume which were presented to the British government on the 19th and 20th of October 1995. Read more

John Hume/Gerry Adams/Albert Reynolds Statement 6th September 1994

Following the IRA's historic announcement of August 31, the Dublin government under Albert Reynolds moved quickly to consolidate this opportunity for peace and invited Gerry Adams and John Hume to government buildings on September 6, 1994 to discuss ways of advancing the peace process. Read more

John Hume/Gerry Adams Statement 20th November 1993

On November 20, 1993, in the last of their joint statements before the Dublin and London governments issued the Downing Street Declaration, Gerry Adams and John Hume announced that they made proposals to the governments on how the conflict could be resolved. Read more

John Hume/Gerry Adams Statement 25th September 1993

On September 25, 1993 Gerry Adams and John Hume issued a further statement announcing that their discussions had made progress. Read more

John Hume/Gerry Adams Statement 23rd April 1993

On April 23, 1993, Gerry Adams and John Hume, the leaders of nationalist opinion in the north of Ireland, issued a statement announcing that they had met to discuss ways of achieving the basis for a just and lasting settlement to the conflict in Ireland. Read more