8 July 1999 Edition
Dúirt siad...
Mr Blair has today set out an approach which would clearly breach the Good Friday Agreement and be a return to the practice of exclusion. There is no basis in the Agreement for the propositions outlined by Mr Blair short of re-negotiating or re-writing the Agreement.
Sinn Féin's Bairbre De Brún after Tony Blair's pledge that Sinn Fein would be excluded from government should the IRA not decommission
I do not believe the IRA will be decommissioning within the next two or three weeks to facilitate the peace process. They have made their own positions abundantly clear.
Sinn Féin Vice President Pat Doherty last Wednesday night
There is no hope for this country if armed terrorists can get into government. Once you get them into government they will never, ever be put out.
DUP leader Ian Paisley on last week's negotiations
Thatcherism is alive and thriving in Dublin. Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of people on this part of the island scrambled to their local bank to lodge their application for a slice of the first major share offer [Telecom Eireann] in the history of the Republic... The other plank of society to do rather well out of the share offer will be the government - and it is expected other parts of the Republic's `family silver' will also be sold off in the wake of this scheme... Flash cars, big houses. Expensive suits, ridiculously dear meals - nothing is too much for this money-driven society.
The Irish News' Michael O'Toole on the recent share offer last Friday
Pardon me, but I think we should all take the pun out of Irish politics.
Gerry Adams in reply to a question on whether Sinn Féin would go the extra mile
Quite frankly, it seems as if it is the unionists who are not yet on board.
US Congressman Peter King
This isn't about guns. This is about those who are against change.
Gerry Adams after talks finished last Thursday night
I think it is a first step for a really marvellous future. The country of Scotland should never be, never be, anything less than equal. With the proper due diligence and hard work we can get a free press and might have a democracy because it isn't at the moment - everybody's kidding themselves.
Actor Seán Connery at the opening of Scotland's `Home Rule' Assembly in Edinburgh
Catholics aren't wanted here. They should go down the country where they are welcome. This is not their country and we want them out.
Orange protestor at Drumcree, Irish Independent, Monday 5 July
The Orange Order must realise that the direct dialogue required with local residents must begin now. They can no longer hide behind excuses.
South Belfast Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Hayes after the decision to ban an Orange March going down the Ormeau Road
Sinn Féin's Bairbre De Brún after Tony Blair's pledge that Sinn Fein would be excluded from government should the IRA not decommission
I do not believe the IRA will be decommissioning within the next two or three weeks to facilitate the peace process. They have made their own positions abundantly clear.
Sinn Féin Vice President Pat Doherty last Wednesday night
There is no hope for this country if armed terrorists can get into government. Once you get them into government they will never, ever be put out.
DUP leader Ian Paisley on last week's negotiations
Thatcherism is alive and thriving in Dublin. Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of people on this part of the island scrambled to their local bank to lodge their application for a slice of the first major share offer [Telecom Eireann] in the history of the Republic... The other plank of society to do rather well out of the share offer will be the government - and it is expected other parts of the Republic's `family silver' will also be sold off in the wake of this scheme... Flash cars, big houses. Expensive suits, ridiculously dear meals - nothing is too much for this money-driven society.
The Irish News' Michael O'Toole on the recent share offer last Friday
Pardon me, but I think we should all take the pun out of Irish politics.
Gerry Adams in reply to a question on whether Sinn Féin would go the extra mile
Quite frankly, it seems as if it is the unionists who are not yet on board.
US Congressman Peter King
This isn't about guns. This is about those who are against change.
Gerry Adams after talks finished last Thursday night
I think it is a first step for a really marvellous future. The country of Scotland should never be, never be, anything less than equal. With the proper due diligence and hard work we can get a free press and might have a democracy because it isn't at the moment - everybody's kidding themselves.
Actor Seán Connery at the opening of Scotland's `Home Rule' Assembly in Edinburgh
Catholics aren't wanted here. They should go down the country where they are welcome. This is not their country and we want them out.
Orange protestor at Drumcree, Irish Independent, Monday 5 July
The Orange Order must realise that the direct dialogue required with local residents must begin now. They can no longer hide behind excuses.
South Belfast Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Hayes after the decision to ban an Orange March going down the Ormeau Road