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27 March 1997 Edition

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The pitiful, appalling and deceitful lie perpetrated by the British government through Widgery is crumbling before our eyes.

Editorial in the Kerryman, Friday 21 March.

 
Babies will die as a result of this irresponsible and dangerous decision.

Gerry Adams on the British govermnment's decision to axe the Maternity Unit of the RVH, Andersonstown News, Saturday 22 March.

 
You cannot and must not trust the British administration - unless guaranteed by a responsible international body - British words are not worth a brass farthing.

Fr Des Wilson writing in the Andersonstown News, Saturday 22 March.

 
Mr Spring, the person whose obstruction has blocked agreement so far.

David Trimble, News at One, RTÉ, Sunday 23 March.

 
The United Kingdom has, for at least a year, been governed by an informal alliance between Mr Major and the Ulster Unionists - the axis has given Mr Major another year in Westminster at the cost of the Northern Ireland peace process.

Editorial, Independent On Sunday, 23 March.

 
The British establishment simply wants to go on believing that the British police force and justice system is the best in the world.

Paddy Joe Hill, commenting on remarks by Tory MP David Evans questioning the innocence of the Birmingham Six, Sunday Tribune, 23 March.

 
I will not lie, I will not take bribes or steal, I will explain to the people everything I do, even the most unpleasant things.

Boris Nemtsov, new reformist member of the Russian cabinet, Irish Times, Tuesday 25 March.

 
Though I am a republican through and through, I do believe that if we have a parasitic monarchy, they should at least set an example to the rest of us.

Comedian and conservationist Mike Harding on the British royal family's poor management of their estate at Balmoral. The Guardian, 25 March.

 
This election could well be historic.

Gerry Adams, Irish Times, Tuesday 25 March

 
As a sitting MP [but not for long Joe!] I feel I deserve the respect the respect of a former taoiseach.

Joe Hendron after Albert Reynolds failed to meet him on his visit to West Belfast for the launch of Féile na Phobail, Irish News, Wednesday 26 March.

 
We're all terrorists until we do something successful. Then we're British.

Irish designer Peter O'Brien on being Irish in Britain.

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