Bertie Ahern: Can Adams beat Dev and Chairman Mao's record for clinging on at top?

Gerry Adams with Rose Conway Walsh, the SF candidate for Mayo, with Tom Hennigan at Hennigan’s Heritage Farm in Swinford, Co. Mayo. Photo: Keith Heneghan

Bertie Ahern

I always believed that Gerry Adams would wait around until 2016, grabbing the green spotlight. But now I'm beginning to wonder if his real ambition is to stay on top for another year; by which time he will have beaten Dev's record as our most enduring party leader. This will give him a staggering 33 years and three months at the helm.

It puts him ahead of Chairman Mao, who only managed 33 years; Stalin clocked up 30.