18 March 1999 Edition
Dúirt siad...
Embarrassed officials of the Department of Finance have virtually beaten a path to Europe in their bid to elicit a positive solution to Ireland's regioal shambles from the cold-faced men of Eurostat... What the less developed reegions are crying out for are industry and jobs, investment in infrastructure and indigenous resourses, and decentralisation of power.
Editorial in the Examiner. Thursday 11 March.
As regards Lee Clegg and his family feeling sorry for us; we don't need their sympathy - we want justice. All we have ever said is that we want a wee bit of justice and that has now been denied to us.
Seán Reilly, father of Karen, after the Lee Clegg judgement last week.
One of the most shocking aspects of the case was the sordid mural glorifying the shooting which appeared in the regiment's East Belfast headquarters. The mural said even more about the Parachute Regiment that the Clegg case itself.
Editorial in the Irish News, Friday 12 March.
It is a worry to the established parties [SF's growth in the 26 Counties], viewed with increasing disillusionment by those who feel that they have been let down by those in authority.
Claire Grady's report in the Sunday Tridune on Sinn Féin's challenge to the establishment in the forthcoming local elections. 14 March.
There are those within the military establishment who were intent on silencing Rosemary Nelson. Those who planted the bomb were intent on giving effect to this in the same manner as Pat Finucane also a Human Rights Lawyer was killed.
Statement from Sinn Féin Assembly member Dara O'Hagan after the murder of Rosemary Nelson.
We told Jonathan Powell [Blair's chief of staff] of our concerns and the need for the British to provide protection for people representing the nationalists of Portadown, and in particular Rosemary because of her work as a lawyer. We told him she was well known in Lurgan and could have been an easy traget.
Garvaghy Road Councillor Breandán Mac Cionnaith after the murder.
If a Catholic girl goes and gets an education and then demands their rights, this is what happens... All Rosemary Nelson did was get people their rights.
Lurgan resident qouted in the Irish News, Tuesday 16 March.
Is this peace?
Headline in Tuesday's English Express.
The worst threat is that I am going to be killed. They told one guy (a client) `you're going to die when you get out. And tell Rosemary she's going to die too'. Then there's the usual abuse like I'm a fucking Fenian bastard.
Rosemary nelson in an interview with a Sunday newspaper before she was killed.
More than decade after the murder of Pat Finucane, a full and appropriate inquiry into the killing has still to take place. A delay of this kind in the aftermath of yesterday's atrocity cannot be tolerated. All the facts about the deaths of Pat Finucane and Rosemary Nelson must be made public as soon as possible.
Irish News Editorial. Tuesday 16 March.
It is public knowledge that her life has been treathened on a number of occasions by the RUC Special Branch.
Martin McGuinness. Irish Times, Tuesday 16 March.
This outrage is an attack on the peace process and the vast majority of people on the island of Ireland who support it and who had hoped that such atrocities were no part of history... Despite threats to her life arising from her work, Mrs Nelson courageously continued to serve her clients and the cause of justice.
Bertie Ahern after the killing.
The attack on Rosemary Nelson is an attack on the Good Friday Agreement which proclaims the right of citizens to live free from sectarian abuse. Like Pat Finucane before her, Rosemary Nelson has fought against state injustice and in particular the excess of the state police - the RUC. For this she has been threatened many times.
Gerry Adams speaking in the US.
Editorial in the Examiner. Thursday 11 March.
As regards Lee Clegg and his family feeling sorry for us; we don't need their sympathy - we want justice. All we have ever said is that we want a wee bit of justice and that has now been denied to us.
Seán Reilly, father of Karen, after the Lee Clegg judgement last week.
One of the most shocking aspects of the case was the sordid mural glorifying the shooting which appeared in the regiment's East Belfast headquarters. The mural said even more about the Parachute Regiment that the Clegg case itself.
Editorial in the Irish News, Friday 12 March.
It is a worry to the established parties [SF's growth in the 26 Counties], viewed with increasing disillusionment by those who feel that they have been let down by those in authority.
Claire Grady's report in the Sunday Tridune on Sinn Féin's challenge to the establishment in the forthcoming local elections. 14 March.
There are those within the military establishment who were intent on silencing Rosemary Nelson. Those who planted the bomb were intent on giving effect to this in the same manner as Pat Finucane also a Human Rights Lawyer was killed.
Statement from Sinn Féin Assembly member Dara O'Hagan after the murder of Rosemary Nelson.
We told Jonathan Powell [Blair's chief of staff] of our concerns and the need for the British to provide protection for people representing the nationalists of Portadown, and in particular Rosemary because of her work as a lawyer. We told him she was well known in Lurgan and could have been an easy traget.
Garvaghy Road Councillor Breandán Mac Cionnaith after the murder.
If a Catholic girl goes and gets an education and then demands their rights, this is what happens... All Rosemary Nelson did was get people their rights.
Lurgan resident qouted in the Irish News, Tuesday 16 March.
Is this peace?
Headline in Tuesday's English Express.
The worst threat is that I am going to be killed. They told one guy (a client) `you're going to die when you get out. And tell Rosemary she's going to die too'. Then there's the usual abuse like I'm a fucking Fenian bastard.
Rosemary nelson in an interview with a Sunday newspaper before she was killed.
More than decade after the murder of Pat Finucane, a full and appropriate inquiry into the killing has still to take place. A delay of this kind in the aftermath of yesterday's atrocity cannot be tolerated. All the facts about the deaths of Pat Finucane and Rosemary Nelson must be made public as soon as possible.
Irish News Editorial. Tuesday 16 March.
It is public knowledge that her life has been treathened on a number of occasions by the RUC Special Branch.
Martin McGuinness. Irish Times, Tuesday 16 March.
This outrage is an attack on the peace process and the vast majority of people on the island of Ireland who support it and who had hoped that such atrocities were no part of history... Despite threats to her life arising from her work, Mrs Nelson courageously continued to serve her clients and the cause of justice.
Bertie Ahern after the killing.
The attack on Rosemary Nelson is an attack on the Good Friday Agreement which proclaims the right of citizens to live free from sectarian abuse. Like Pat Finucane before her, Rosemary Nelson has fought against state injustice and in particular the excess of the state police - the RUC. For this she has been threatened many times.
Gerry Adams speaking in the US.