There is no justification for what happened this afternoon in Dublin. Sinn Fein had appealed to people to ignore this loyalist parade and not to be provoked by it. Our view was that it should not be opposed in any way and we made that clear. |
There is no such thing as the Unionists ever having it on their own terms again, because whatever is worked out here has to be on the basis that it is acceptable to all sections of our people. |
There is still not peace. The agreement is not a settlement. There are good things in it, there are bad things in it that people will have to get their heads around, |
There was certainly a series of positive engagements. Those discussions will continue. I am still hopeful we will get to where we want to be, |
There was good work done today. Let's continue to do good work. |
These carefully staged tantrums and rehearsed walk-outs aren't the way to bring about a settlement. |
This is a marvelous group of women. |
This is a very amateurish attempt to shoe-horn Sinn Fein into a position on policing, |
This is a watershed. There is an expectation and understanding out there of the importance of this moment. |
This is not a day for the hard word, ... This is a day for trying to absorb what has happened, giving Ian Paisley the space to absorb it also and put it to the two governments. They have to create the place where engagement takes place. |
This should be an incentive for all political leaders and the two governments to make sure this process works. |
Those who carried out this murder are clearly opposed to the peace process. |
Those who ran those agencies ... they hate republicans with a passion. For them the war isn't over, for them Good Friday (Agreement) was a huge mistake. |
To bring about change in this situation, it needs to be driven. Mr. Trimble is a learner-driver, and cannot be left in the driving seat. Mr. Blair has to drive the change forward on every issue that has been mapped out. ... |
to build political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and win support for those goals internationally. |