15 January 1998 Edition
Dúirt siad...
It would be unrealistic to assume that a settlement which leaves the border intact will provide a lasting solution. The very large and growing size of the nationalist minority is likely to heighten tension over the existence of the border.
Editorial published in a newsletter by John Robb's New Ireland group.
Kill `em all - let God sort `em out.
Banner caption in loyalist Johnny Adair's cell in Long Kesh.
It could have been a version of Steptoe and Son if one of them hadn't become a multimillionaire and the other hadn't adopted the lifestyle despite not having his own ready cash.
Sunday Tribune columnist Sam Smyth on Businessman Dermot Desmond's cash gifts to former Taoiseach Charlie Haughey's children.
UDP activists readily admit that the stream of concessions to the IRA about which their party has complained is more of a perception than a reality. ``But the ordinary Protestant in the street is putting on the pressure,'' said one advice worker. ``You've no idea the number of people comes in here and say, Them buckin' Taigs are getting everything'.
Sunday Tribune. 11 January.
In attacking Dublin for Britain's misdeeds, unionist spokesmen are tacitly admitting that they are not facing up to the reality of their position. The British public is sick of them. Their future does not lie with England but, bereft of good leadership in the unionist community, Ervine is forced to mouth the old shibboleths as we approach the millennium.
Tim Pat Coogan, Ireland On Sunday, 11 January.
The laws of libel have hitherto prevented me from naming names and saying why, for example, I have written so harshly about some unionist politicians and their murky, nay scandalous, connection with sectarian assassins... Well known clergyman, the professional people who include a bank manager, a lawyer, and senior RUC officers, all of whom could speak with inside knowledge of the murder of prominent Catholics.
Tim Pat Coogan again on prominent `constitutional' unionists' links with loyalist death squads.
The steady return to sectarian killings by all loyalist groups, coupled with the continued and increased militarisation of nationalist areas, means that the only group in ceasefire mode is the IRA.
Gerry Adams writing in Ireland On Sunday, 11 January.
Unionists are being allowed to dictate the pace of events.
Sinn Féin Chairperson Mitchel McLaughlin on the two government's proposals to the Stormont talks. 13 January
Sinn Féin will not be signing up to an internal solution.
Mitchel McLaughlin,.13 January
Editorial published in a newsletter by John Robb's New Ireland group.
Kill `em all - let God sort `em out.
Banner caption in loyalist Johnny Adair's cell in Long Kesh.
It could have been a version of Steptoe and Son if one of them hadn't become a multimillionaire and the other hadn't adopted the lifestyle despite not having his own ready cash.
Sunday Tribune columnist Sam Smyth on Businessman Dermot Desmond's cash gifts to former Taoiseach Charlie Haughey's children.
UDP activists readily admit that the stream of concessions to the IRA about which their party has complained is more of a perception than a reality. ``But the ordinary Protestant in the street is putting on the pressure,'' said one advice worker. ``You've no idea the number of people comes in here and say, Them buckin' Taigs are getting everything'.
Sunday Tribune. 11 January.
In attacking Dublin for Britain's misdeeds, unionist spokesmen are tacitly admitting that they are not facing up to the reality of their position. The British public is sick of them. Their future does not lie with England but, bereft of good leadership in the unionist community, Ervine is forced to mouth the old shibboleths as we approach the millennium.
Tim Pat Coogan, Ireland On Sunday, 11 January.
The laws of libel have hitherto prevented me from naming names and saying why, for example, I have written so harshly about some unionist politicians and their murky, nay scandalous, connection with sectarian assassins... Well known clergyman, the professional people who include a bank manager, a lawyer, and senior RUC officers, all of whom could speak with inside knowledge of the murder of prominent Catholics.
Tim Pat Coogan again on prominent `constitutional' unionists' links with loyalist death squads.
The steady return to sectarian killings by all loyalist groups, coupled with the continued and increased militarisation of nationalist areas, means that the only group in ceasefire mode is the IRA.
Gerry Adams writing in Ireland On Sunday, 11 January.
Unionists are being allowed to dictate the pace of events.
Sinn Féin Chairperson Mitchel McLaughlin on the two government's proposals to the Stormont talks. 13 January
Sinn Féin will not be signing up to an internal solution.
Mitchel McLaughlin,.13 January