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27 May 1999 Edition

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Dúirt siad...

The great mass of Church of Ireland people are appalled at what has happened, centred at Drumcree, and their association with it.

Dublin Archdeacon Gordan Linney on the Garvaghy siege.

 


It is no part of the Agreement. Rather it is an obstacle, deliberately erected against implementation of what was agreed... Even though we are under no obligation to do so, we were prepared to make another serious attempt to resolve the impasse and salvage the Agreement.

Martin Ferris, after Sinn Féin's meeting with Tony Blair in Downing Street last week.

 


This force will never gain the trust of the nationalist community and the sooner they are replaced by an impartial and accountable policing service the safer the whole community will be.

Belfast Sinn Féin Councillor Alex Maskey on the RUC.

 


The Common Agricultural Policy has been a disaster for the small farmers of Ireland. Around 5,000 people are leaving farming annually in Ireland and the incomes of small farmers are collapsing.

Six-County EU candidate Mitchel McLaughlin canvassing South Armagh last week.

 


What would be useful now from Keane over the next few weeks would be some real truths about the Haughey/O'Malley gang in the 1960s... What about the missing file in the Department of Justice which has not been seen since the days when a young Dessie O'Malley was Minister of Justice?... Then what about the cops who were transferred for back-cheeking the `great man', or that row in the Russell, or your one the blonde?... Stay tuned. Dallas is back for four weeks. Except this script is not fantasy.

Ken Whelan on the continuing fall of Charles J. Haughey. Ireland On Sunday.

 


Perhaps David Trimble should shift his eyes from the Northern Ireland scene this weekend and cast a cold eye on the fate of Binyamin Netanyahu, who just went down to one of the most crushing defeats in Israeli political history.

Niall O'Dowd writing in Ireland On Sunday.

 


All the signs point to one of the mainstream loyalist organisations.

Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly after recent loyalist attacks on nationalists in Belfast.

 


I have a feeling the Irish government are afraid to answer questions about 1976 because it means potentially very damaging revelations about the government, not just the Gardaí. This case could open up a lot of other cases. We're only one family crying out for justice, and in a sense we have been very fortunate... there have been millions spent on tribunals about money and sex in the Republic, but this will really shake people's faith in the Gardaí, and will make an overwhelming argument for reopening a number of cases.

Michael Donegan, nephew of Seamus Ludlow, who was murdered in Dundalk 23 years ago by loyalists.

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