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David Adams

David Adams

David Adams represented the Ulster Democratic Party at the political negotiations that led to the Belfast Agreement of 1998. No longer involved in party politics, David now works full-time for an international aid agency (GOAL), is a freelance journalist, and a columnist with The Irish Times.

Africans’ tales of acceptance in Ireland are heartening

Column: There was no suggestion of racism on the part of Irish officialdom, just of a distinct lack of sympathy for the plight of (...)

Mural in Sandy Row, Belfast: “We accuse politicians of perpetuating division and sectarianism in Ireland, but their role has been minimal in comparison to that of the historians.” Photograph: Alan Lewis
Mythologised history has no place as a subject in our schools

Column: Soon we’ll be turning out university graduates who have no idea of what happened in the past

Read all about it: British newspapers came in for heavy criticism in the Leveson inquiry. Photograph: Rosie Hallam/Getty Images
Politicians, celebrities and the public are all guilty of hypocrisy over press intrusion

Many factions condemning underhand journalistic techniques are doing so to protect their own interests

Detail of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel shows the “Creation of Adam”, a panel in the massive narrarative work by Michelangelo. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Perspectives on truth in art and religion

Agnostics may have pertinent questions to ask both sides in the religious debate

Representatives of An Post and The National Women's Council of Ireland at a photocall in March 2011 to unveil the issuing of two stamps to mark International Women’s Day. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien
Fight for women’s rights still has a long way to go

Females not so much discriminated against on much of the planet as hated and feared

Fuming I ever started smoking

Whenever he sees me lighting up a cigarette in the back garden, our grandson Liam always loudly declares that cigarettes are “…

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