13 May 1999 Edition
Dúirt siad...
Public disquiet over the Taoiseach's handling of the Sheedy Affair is unlikely to be assuaged by his statement to the Dáil... While the government may not be in imminent danger of collapse, a time bomb has been primed. Combined with the revelations of the Flood and Moriarty tribunals, the latest developments will impose increasing pressure on the troubled marriage between Fianna Fáil and PDs.
Editorial in last Thursday's Examiner.
People are not collateral damage.
Mary Robinson on the ongoing bombing in Serbia.
The flow, when it comes into equable and democratic Western societies, is going to cause enormous trouble because it contains many people who are simply taking advantage of the situation to operate a drugs traffic. The moment you get into this kind of racketeering there comes with it violence, murder and intimidation.
Right-wing British Tory MP Alan Clarke on refugees from the Kosovo crisis.
It [decommissioning] has become a political flag, directed at just one section of the community. The issue of arms is one that we must all face and should be discussing together.
Martin McGuinness last week.
I said ``Mister, please don't shoot me' and he said `Fuck up you Fenian bastard and pulled the trigger.
Declan Lagan (12) after a loyalist attack on Sean Graham's bookies in Ardoyne last week.
It was a fairly intensive process of dialogue - but at the end of the day we have not resolved the crisis.
Mitchel McLaughlin after Sinn Féin met with Tony Blair at Downing Street last week.
The longer we are without the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, the more chances murderous organisations like the Red Hand Defenders and the Orange Volunteers will have to achieve their aim. If they do achieve that aim the future does not bear thinking about.
Editorial in last Friday's Irish News.
How tragic it is, as we strive to take all British and Irish guns out of Irish politics we are being asked to keep the nuclear bomb in European politics and to break international by backing a war when we should be actively working to bring all war to a speedy end. By the same token it is amazing
How bombs dropped in the Balkans are morally and politically acceptale while the silent guns guns of the IRA, we are told, are a threat to peace. Gerry Adams at last weekend's Ard Fheis.
There is a key responsibility on Mr. Blair as the prime minister to recognise that he has the key to, effectively, liberate Mr. Trimble from the position that he has adopted, and to press on with the organisation of further discussions and negotiations this week to break the impasse.
Martin McGuinness, Monday 10 May.
...the level of military activity seems much higher now than before the IRA ceasefire, which is counter-productive to the peace process.
U.S. Congressman Peter King, who visited South Armagh this week to make an assessment of the situation there.
Editorial in last Thursday's Examiner.
People are not collateral damage.
Mary Robinson on the ongoing bombing in Serbia.
The flow, when it comes into equable and democratic Western societies, is going to cause enormous trouble because it contains many people who are simply taking advantage of the situation to operate a drugs traffic. The moment you get into this kind of racketeering there comes with it violence, murder and intimidation.
Right-wing British Tory MP Alan Clarke on refugees from the Kosovo crisis.
It [decommissioning] has become a political flag, directed at just one section of the community. The issue of arms is one that we must all face and should be discussing together.
Martin McGuinness last week.
I said ``Mister, please don't shoot me' and he said `Fuck up you Fenian bastard and pulled the trigger.
Declan Lagan (12) after a loyalist attack on Sean Graham's bookies in Ardoyne last week.
It was a fairly intensive process of dialogue - but at the end of the day we have not resolved the crisis.
Mitchel McLaughlin after Sinn Féin met with Tony Blair at Downing Street last week.
The longer we are without the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, the more chances murderous organisations like the Red Hand Defenders and the Orange Volunteers will have to achieve their aim. If they do achieve that aim the future does not bear thinking about.
Editorial in last Friday's Irish News.
How tragic it is, as we strive to take all British and Irish guns out of Irish politics we are being asked to keep the nuclear bomb in European politics and to break international by backing a war when we should be actively working to bring all war to a speedy end. By the same token it is amazing
How bombs dropped in the Balkans are morally and politically acceptale while the silent guns guns of the IRA, we are told, are a threat to peace. Gerry Adams at last weekend's Ard Fheis.
There is a key responsibility on Mr. Blair as the prime minister to recognise that he has the key to, effectively, liberate Mr. Trimble from the position that he has adopted, and to press on with the organisation of further discussions and negotiations this week to break the impasse.
Martin McGuinness, Monday 10 May.
...the level of military activity seems much higher now than before the IRA ceasefire, which is counter-productive to the peace process.
U.S. Congressman Peter King, who visited South Armagh this week to make an assessment of the situation there.