While we are conscious of the view that further confidence needs to be established, we also know that time alone is not enough: trust will not build itself in the absence of positive engagement by...

If they don’t, we will intensify every single effort that I can physically and possibly do legislatively, and with the security forces, to break these organizations,

This is not good. The meeting was bad. Relations were bad. It was very hostile, even bitter… I don’t like to see grown men bickering.

Ireland is absolutely committed to playing its part in supporting the people of Iraq to build a truly sovereign and secure country.

Obviously we had wished to be able to present the proposals in the context of full agreement. (But) we are on the brink of an accommodation that would have been regarded as impossible not that...

Whoever is behind any of the various community violence, anywhere, whether it’s republican or loyalist, we’re determined to do all we can to de-escalate that and to get on with it,

the best, the most skillful, the most devious and the most cunning.

As all parties examine the proposals that Tony Blair and I issued them, no doubt they will have some points of clarification. Already Mr. Trimble has stated he has some.

I’m not a soldier and I don’t want to be, and quite frankly I don’t care about the brand name of the guns and that sort of thing.

This is not a time for sitting back. It’s not a time for complacency. We cannot afford a prolonged stalemate.

There is absolutely no excuse for the disgraceful scenes in Dublin today. It is the essence of Irish democracy and republicanism that people are allowed to express their views freely and in a peaceful manner.

I would be a disaster, to put it at its mildest, if any of the institutions were to slide. I think people need to think very, very hard,

It shows that the institutions are working,

Such a proposal would show citizens the EU was working in their interests.

We must look to the day when loyalist weapons are removed from the equation,

We have the strongest possible basis for permanent peace in Ireland, such as has never before been experienced in our history,

was prepared to take risks for the peace process, risks to secure agreement and risks to implement it.

We have reached a point in the process where the parties must decide. We are giving them a reasonable but finite time to do so.

Whoever was responsible for this evil deed was certainly no friend of the peace process and no friend of anybody on this island.

The people on whose behalf you claim to act have spoken. Your ways are the ways of the past,

It is vital that we move forward together in the coming days as the transfer of sovereignty approaches,

It is extremely difficult, there is no hiding that fact.

They may not have an opportunity again for quite some time if they cannot make it work on this occasion. It is time therefore to talk and it’s time to agree.

I would look forward to the day,

very significant and an historic statement.

People should not allow themselves to be deflected or disheartened, … determined that, working closely with the British government and the parties, a way can and will be found to implement the agreement in full.

There are so many differences in our policies I’d hardly get through five days.

I spoke to Jose Manuel last night and was happy to share this information with him. It is a great tribute to the prime minister and to Portugal that colleagues have expressed such support for...

that the weapons and explosives are safely and adequately stored and cannot be used without the knowledge of Mr. Ahtisaari and Mr. Ramaphosa, who will re-inspect the arms dumps on a regular basis to ensure...

As we strive today to become one of the most vibrant knowledge societies in the world, our future economic development will depend to a large degree on our ability to generate new knowledge and to...

A comprehensive deal is a comprehensive deal, which means all issues are addressed by everyone. Otherwise, it’s a piecemeal deal. … It is not acceptable that we should fall short.

Your even-handed support and wise counsel continues to be an invaluable resource to us for our search for lasting peace,

It’s a landmark development. It’s of real historic significance. We are enormously relieved that we can finally close this difficult chapter of the peace process.

It is a momentous day for the people of these islands, north and south.

It is our sincere wish that the Northern Ireland institutions be restored as soon as possible.

This is an area in which our views are well known to the U.S. government,

George should be remembered as the very best at what he did. He was quite simply a football genius.

an engaging, witty and a larger-than-life character.

The timing of the bombings was clearly designed to wreak the greatest level of havoc and carnage. They are an attack on the democratic process and cannot be justified by any political cause.

President Bush is very much aware of the abhorrence that the people of Ireland and of Europe felt at the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by coalition forces,