18 September 1997 Edition
Dúirt siad...
Every time Mr Trimble has to go Mr Blair it is a declaration of his own weakness - a going to Mammy.
The SDLP's Séamus Mallon, News At One, RTÉ, Thursday 11 September.
It appears that for some, IRA words are more offensive than the very real violence of the loyalist death squads, and the British crown forces.
Gerry Adams in the Irish Times, Saturday 13 September.
The status quo seems less and less of an option.
Frank Millar writing in the Irish Times on comparisons between Ireland and Scotland after the referendum on a devolved parliament. Saturday 13 September
The only people who consider the unionist population as `British' are a minor rump of the Conservative Party and the unionists themselves. While pride in your heritage is one thing, delusion is another.
Hugh Sheehy writing from the Netherlands in the Irish Times, Saturday 13 September.
We have embarked on a journey that will end in independence.
Scottish nationalist leader Alex Salmond after the referendum result.
We have always been there at the table of democracy.
The UUP's Ken Maginess, Sunday Tribune, 14 September.
We want for them [the unionists] to be big enough in their boots to get on into that building.
Monica McWilliams ourside Castle Buildings, RTÉ Six One News, Monday 15 September.
We are prepared to provide a few more cushions to make [the Unionists] feel more comfortable but we won't rearrange the furniture or change the architecture.
The SDLP's Mark Durkan at Stormont. Radio Ulster, Monday 15 September
Unlike the unionists, the Northern Secretary, Dr Mo Mowlam, did not apportion blame to any named organisation in her initial reaction to the bombing. She was content to attribute the action simply to ``sinister people''.
In doing so she may have been echoing the view of prominent people in both the Labour government and Sinn Féin that undercover elements in the security establishment are exploiting the situation and that the fruits of their efforts could be seen in Markethill yesterday and in the actions of dissident loyalists before that.
Irish Times Northern Editor, Deaglán de Bréadún, Wednesday 17 September.
The SDLP's Séamus Mallon, News At One, RTÉ, Thursday 11 September.
It appears that for some, IRA words are more offensive than the very real violence of the loyalist death squads, and the British crown forces.
Gerry Adams in the Irish Times, Saturday 13 September.
The status quo seems less and less of an option.
Frank Millar writing in the Irish Times on comparisons between Ireland and Scotland after the referendum on a devolved parliament. Saturday 13 September
The only people who consider the unionist population as `British' are a minor rump of the Conservative Party and the unionists themselves. While pride in your heritage is one thing, delusion is another.
Hugh Sheehy writing from the Netherlands in the Irish Times, Saturday 13 September.
We have embarked on a journey that will end in independence.
Scottish nationalist leader Alex Salmond after the referendum result.
We have always been there at the table of democracy.
The UUP's Ken Maginess, Sunday Tribune, 14 September.
We want for them [the unionists] to be big enough in their boots to get on into that building.
Monica McWilliams ourside Castle Buildings, RTÉ Six One News, Monday 15 September.
We are prepared to provide a few more cushions to make [the Unionists] feel more comfortable but we won't rearrange the furniture or change the architecture.
The SDLP's Mark Durkan at Stormont. Radio Ulster, Monday 15 September
Unlike the unionists, the Northern Secretary, Dr Mo Mowlam, did not apportion blame to any named organisation in her initial reaction to the bombing. She was content to attribute the action simply to ``sinister people''.
In doing so she may have been echoing the view of prominent people in both the Labour government and Sinn Féin that undercover elements in the security establishment are exploiting the situation and that the fruits of their efforts could be seen in Markethill yesterday and in the actions of dissident loyalists before that.
Irish Times Northern Editor, Deaglán de Bréadún, Wednesday 17 September.