24 July 1997 Edition
Dúirt siad...
Let me make it quite clear that Sinn Féin is a republican party and our primary objective is a united Ireland.
Gerry Adams clarifying his position on Irish unity in an interview with the Irish News.
It is an unequivocal restoration of the position of August 1994 and I do not believe that we should quibble with any words after that. We went down that road before and it was a mistake.
Bertie Ahern on the ceasefire.
I can also confirm that I am not aware of any disciplinary proceedings being taken against any police officer in those cases where clients have successfully received compensation.
A solicitor's comments on the de facto amnesty which exists for the RUC and British Army who break the law. Irish News, Saturday 19 July.
The British government have made it very clear that Sinn Féin/IRA could enter the talks without giving up their violence, without giving up any weapons. Why on earth would the IRA not call a ceasefire in those circumstances.
DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson quoted in the News Letter Saturday 19 July.
For years Sinn Féin have occupied the moral high ground, because they have brilliantly manipulated world opinion, selected their own battle grounds, and portrayed themselves as the only genuine peace-makers. This was in sharp contrast to unionists who were portrayed as intransigent bigots, often as a result of their own worst efforts.
Leader in the News Letter, Saturday 19 July.
By turning down David Trimble's decommissioning proposals, the British have challenged the unionist veto in a small but significant way and left Trimble impaled on the horns of a horrible dilemma.
Ed Moloney, Sunday Tribune, 20 July.
In my party we are not whingers.
UUP MP Ken McGuinness on the restoration of the IRA's `94 cessation, Sunday Tribune, 20 July.
This is bigger than any one politician or any political party.
Dick Spring, RTÉ News At One, Sunday 20 July.
The mood in the unionist camp is sour, disillusioned and wary, among nationalist there is hope and a determination to get it right this time.
Deaglan De Bréadún, Irish Times, Monday 21 July.
The challenge within unionism is that the doves have to take on the hawks.
Gerry Adams, Irish Times, 21 July.
Republicans want peace. Peace demands justice. We want an end to conflict; an end to division; to poverty and inequality. We want an Ireland free and independent.
Martin McGuinness, Irish News, Monday 21 July.
In any agreed political settlement the political allegiance of northern nationalists must be given expression and effect.
Gerry Adams, Irish Times, Tuesday 22 July.
Gerry Adams clarifying his position on Irish unity in an interview with the Irish News.
It is an unequivocal restoration of the position of August 1994 and I do not believe that we should quibble with any words after that. We went down that road before and it was a mistake.
Bertie Ahern on the ceasefire.
I can also confirm that I am not aware of any disciplinary proceedings being taken against any police officer in those cases where clients have successfully received compensation.
A solicitor's comments on the de facto amnesty which exists for the RUC and British Army who break the law. Irish News, Saturday 19 July.
The British government have made it very clear that Sinn Féin/IRA could enter the talks without giving up their violence, without giving up any weapons. Why on earth would the IRA not call a ceasefire in those circumstances.
DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson quoted in the News Letter Saturday 19 July.
For years Sinn Féin have occupied the moral high ground, because they have brilliantly manipulated world opinion, selected their own battle grounds, and portrayed themselves as the only genuine peace-makers. This was in sharp contrast to unionists who were portrayed as intransigent bigots, often as a result of their own worst efforts.
Leader in the News Letter, Saturday 19 July.
By turning down David Trimble's decommissioning proposals, the British have challenged the unionist veto in a small but significant way and left Trimble impaled on the horns of a horrible dilemma.
Ed Moloney, Sunday Tribune, 20 July.
In my party we are not whingers.
UUP MP Ken McGuinness on the restoration of the IRA's `94 cessation, Sunday Tribune, 20 July.
This is bigger than any one politician or any political party.
Dick Spring, RTÉ News At One, Sunday 20 July.
The mood in the unionist camp is sour, disillusioned and wary, among nationalist there is hope and a determination to get it right this time.
Deaglan De Bréadún, Irish Times, Monday 21 July.
The challenge within unionism is that the doves have to take on the hawks.
Gerry Adams, Irish Times, 21 July.
Republicans want peace. Peace demands justice. We want an end to conflict; an end to division; to poverty and inequality. We want an Ireland free and independent.
Martin McGuinness, Irish News, Monday 21 July.
In any agreed political settlement the political allegiance of northern nationalists must be given expression and effect.
Gerry Adams, Irish Times, Tuesday 22 July.