12 February 1998 Edition
Dúirt siad...
We don't have a Minister for Justice but rather where refugees are concerned, Minister for Injustice.
Mary Lawlor of Amnesty International on the 26-County state's treatment of refugees. Wednesday 4 February.
Give unionists an institution - any institution - and they will abuse it.
Sinn Féin Chairman Mitchel McLaughlin.
As it is they seem to be more concerned with their share price than their workers.
SIPTU's Paul Sullivan on the ongoing Ryanair dispute over union recognition by the airline.
Is Clinton's love life causing war?
Editorial comment on the Gulf crisis in the Sunday Tribune, 8 February.
I notice that many politicians and public representatives seem to be placing an almost exclusive emphasis on the potential economic and tourist-related benefits of commemorating that momentous year, while shying away from the core message of `98. To break the connection with England... To unite Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter under the common name of Irishman.
Letter in the Sunday Tribune on 1798 commemorative events, 8 February.
I'm sick to death of film-makers stuffing every movie about Belfast with stereotypes - the vicious IRA man, the long-suffering wife, the cliche that if only Protestants and Catholics get together, everything would be OK. I'm fed up with seeing the community portrayed as a drink-sodden, slovenly, humourless bunch of psychopaths, with the occasional epitome of tolerance and sweet reason thrown in to make a political point.
Mairéad Ní hAdhmaill after seeing Jim Sheridan's new movie The Boxer in Belfast. Ireland On Sunday, 8 February.
The very dynamic of this process is that Gerry Adams and John Hume sat down and moved forward on a common agenda for the first time ever. If they cannot contiue to sing together off the same hymn sheet, the process begins to fall apart.
Niall O'Dowd, writing in Ireland On Sunday, 8 February.
I have no why idea why RTÉ and the Irish Times are so utterly obsessed with what goes on in the North and have little or no interest in proceedings in the Free State. And there's another thing. This is the Free State. And I don't mind being called a Free Stater. Because I AM a Free Stater. And they're northerners.
Columnist Paddy Murray writing in the Sunday World, 8 February.
The SDLP appears to be prepared to throw in the towel and accept whatever Dublin comes up with in conjunction with Westminster.
Sinn Féin source on the SDLP. Quoted in Ireland on Sunday 8 February.
Does he favour Trimble/Mallon in place of Hume/Adams?
Sinn Féin negotiator Gerry Kelly on Séamus Mallon's approach to the peace process. Sunday 8 February.
Mary Lawlor of Amnesty International on the 26-County state's treatment of refugees. Wednesday 4 February.
Give unionists an institution - any institution - and they will abuse it.
Sinn Féin Chairman Mitchel McLaughlin.
As it is they seem to be more concerned with their share price than their workers.
SIPTU's Paul Sullivan on the ongoing Ryanair dispute over union recognition by the airline.
Is Clinton's love life causing war?
Editorial comment on the Gulf crisis in the Sunday Tribune, 8 February.
I notice that many politicians and public representatives seem to be placing an almost exclusive emphasis on the potential economic and tourist-related benefits of commemorating that momentous year, while shying away from the core message of `98. To break the connection with England... To unite Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter under the common name of Irishman.
Letter in the Sunday Tribune on 1798 commemorative events, 8 February.
I'm sick to death of film-makers stuffing every movie about Belfast with stereotypes - the vicious IRA man, the long-suffering wife, the cliche that if only Protestants and Catholics get together, everything would be OK. I'm fed up with seeing the community portrayed as a drink-sodden, slovenly, humourless bunch of psychopaths, with the occasional epitome of tolerance and sweet reason thrown in to make a political point.
Mairéad Ní hAdhmaill after seeing Jim Sheridan's new movie The Boxer in Belfast. Ireland On Sunday, 8 February.
The very dynamic of this process is that Gerry Adams and John Hume sat down and moved forward on a common agenda for the first time ever. If they cannot contiue to sing together off the same hymn sheet, the process begins to fall apart.
Niall O'Dowd, writing in Ireland On Sunday, 8 February.
I have no why idea why RTÉ and the Irish Times are so utterly obsessed with what goes on in the North and have little or no interest in proceedings in the Free State. And there's another thing. This is the Free State. And I don't mind being called a Free Stater. Because I AM a Free Stater. And they're northerners.
Columnist Paddy Murray writing in the Sunday World, 8 February.
The SDLP appears to be prepared to throw in the towel and accept whatever Dublin comes up with in conjunction with Westminster.
Sinn Féin source on the SDLP. Quoted in Ireland on Sunday 8 February.
Does he favour Trimble/Mallon in place of Hume/Adams?
Sinn Féin negotiator Gerry Kelly on Séamus Mallon's approach to the peace process. Sunday 8 February.