Gerry Adams is to indicate when he intends to step down as Sinn Féin leader at the party’s Ard Fheis in November.
Mr Adams will lead Sinn Féin into the next General Election, but is to outline his plans for stepping aside later this year.
He was speaking this morning at a pre-Dáil think-in at the City North Hotel.
“Sinn Féin is currently finalising our 10-year plan. This has been the focus of much internal discussion for the last year. It is about preparing the party for the next 10 years and to ensure that we are better able to achieve our strategic objective,” he said.
“It is our intention to unveil at the ard fhéis in November the plan he [the late Martin McGuinness] helped to formulate.
“I will be allowing my name to go forward for the position of Uachtarain Shinn Féin.
“And if elected I will be setting out our priorities and in particular our planned process of generational change, including my own future intentions.”
Mr Adams is expected to announce that he will step down soon after the next General Election.
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