Sinn Féin President talks to Gay Byrne about issues of personal faith and morality and how they have impacted on his role within the Republican movement.
In a revealing interview, Gerry Adams, discusses his decision to remain a practising Catholic, despite a number of condemnations of the IRA by leading Catholic figures, his thoughts on forgiveness, and his personal beliefs about life, death, and the after-life and judgement. He speaks with remarkable candour about his moral ground rules and his regrets about times when they were broken.
In this excerpt Gay Byrne asks Gerry Adams about his upbringing, his early childhood, his parents and family background. He also talks about having a passing sense of "having a vocation" and then "getting sense".
| Title: | The Meaning of Life |
| Clip Duration: | 00:05:30 |
| Material Type: | Video |
| Clip Title: | "What's it all about?" |
| Series Title: | The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne |
| Information: | What's it all about? Why am I here? Is there a God? Why do bad things happen? What happens when we die? In 'The Meaning of Life' Gay Byrne talks to public figures about these questions and others. Like him, none of them is a religious expert, but all of them have, at times, had cause to think about The Meaning of Life. Some of the public figures that have appeared on 'The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne' include Enda Kenny, Eamonn Dunphy, Mary Robinson, Imelda May, Bono, Maeve Binchy, Maria Doyle-Kennedy, Noel Gallagher, Mary Byrne, Niall Quinn, Mary McAleese, Bob Geldof, Richard Branson, Brendan O'Carroll, Dana, Fionnula Flanagan, Terry Wogan, Bertie Ahern, Gabriel Byrne, Ronan Keating, Sinead O'Connor, Gerry Adams and Colin Farrell. |
| Local Keywords: | Gay Byrne, The Meaning of Life, Broadcasting, Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin, Religion, Faith, Spirituality |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | Factual |
| Topic: | The Media |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | Gay Byrne (Presenter) |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ One |
| Production Year: | 2009 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | PXD3/14518 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Colour: | Colour |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 (widescreen) |
| Language: | English (eng) |
| Original Language: | English (eng) |
