Clearly what we need to know from the IRA is whether this is the beginning of a process which will lead to the decommissioning of their weapons or whether this is as good as it gets, |
Clearly what we need to know from the IRA is whether this is the beginning of a process which will lead to the decommissioning of their weapons or whether this is as good as it gets. |
I don't think we're going to get that level of transparency tomorrow, and I think that's most unfortunate. |
I have not heard a viable alternative to what I have put forward, and the reality is that the (power sharing) strategy that we adopted in May has failed, |
I think Sinn Fein's participation in the talks is over, ... But the process, the talks must continue. We cannot allow a minority who are committed to terrorism to dictate to the majority who want to see peace, who want to see democratic advancement in Northern Ireland. |
I think Sinn Fein's participation in the talks is over. But the process, the talks must continue. We cannot allow a minority who are committed to terrorism to dictate to the majority who want to see peace, who want to see democratic advancement in Northern Ireland. |
If this bomb wasn't carried out by the IRA, it was certainly sanctioned by the IRA, because it bears all the hallmarks of the work of IRA terrorists. |
In the past, decommissioning as a process has been shrouded in secrecy and if we are to increase public confidence in the process then we want it to be more transparent, |
The Orange Order deserves a world of credit for putting peace above principled self-interests today. But unfortunately, our gesture has been thrown back in our faces. |
The witnesses have been appointed by the IRA. It does diminish the credibility of whatever is going to happen tomorrow. |
We have received a warm welcome from ordinary Dubliners. But it's clear these republicans have come from north of the border and other areas intent only on causing trouble. |