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Following a deal brokered by the British and Irish governments, the Northern Ireland Executive is restored with Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster as First Minister and Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill as deputy First Minister, ending three years of political deadlock. The previous government had collapsed in 2017 as the result of a renewable energy scandal involving Foster.
2020-01-11

Mary Lou McDonald is confirmed in the position of president of Sinn Féin. She succeeds Gerry Adams, who was Sinn Féin's leader since 1983.
2018-02-10

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson accuses Sinn Féin of attempting to blackmail the Police Service of Northern Ireland over the arrest of Gerry Adams.
2014-05-4

A mural of Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams is painted on a wall on the Falls Road, Belfast, as police are granted a further 48 hours to question him about the murder of Jean McConville.
2014-05-3

Sinn Féin claims that party president Gerry Adams is a victim of "political policing" are dismissed by the Taoiseach (Prime Minister of Ireland) Enda Kenny, British prime minister David Cameron and Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson.
2014-05-2

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams remains in custody in connection with the IRA murder of Jean McConville.
2014-05-1

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is arrested by police for the murder of Jean McConville, a 37-year-old widowed mother of ten, who was abducted from her home in 1972.
2014-04-30

British Prime Minister David Cameron announces that Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams has resigned from the British parliament, having accepted the position of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
2011-01-26

Gerry Adams, the President of Sinn Féin, announces that he will resign his positions in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Parliament of the United Kingdom to stand for the Dáil.
2010-11-14