Everybody in there is waiting on David Trimble.

Under the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement, parties have to vote for the nominees for the joint office of the First and Deputy First Ministers.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Ku Klux Klan into Harlem.

It’s long been an occupational hazard for me and for other Sinn Fein representatives to be held for lengthy periods at airports across the USA.

All the political parties in the Basque Country want a peaceful solution

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,

In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a...

Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their obligations and their responsibility to resolve these problems.

negative, carping and begrudging campaign against Sinn Fein.

Equality has to be delivered and it has to be right across every sector …

Those who carried out this murder are clearly opposed to the peace process.

to build political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and win support for those goals internationally.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

Well, even if it should, and I certainly want to see an end to the IRA and an end to all of the armed groups, simply saying it and demanding it isn’t going to achieve...

The psychological mindset that is required for peacemaking is absent from Unionist thinking,

We have a range of candidates who are … working on a whole range of social and economic issues

When I came in, I said I had hoped… that we would have a good meeting, and we had, … I put it to Mr. Trimble that he and I had been cast in this...

You asserted the legitimacy of the right of the people of this island to freedom and independence. Many of your comrades made the ultimate sacrifice.

Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.

We are in this particular situation because once again unionists threaten the institutions and Dr. Reid moved to accommodate them.

These carefully staged tantrums and rehearsed walk-outs aren’t the way to bring about a settlement.

The demand that has been made on me is that the IRA has to decommission its weapons before the agreement carries on, and that is a demand I cannot deliver on,

People waking up this morning, apart from that very large number of people who suffered grievously in the course of the conflict, I’m sure feel in their bones that we’re all better off for this.

We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.

I like to think I’m very grounded. I’m very grounded in my family. I’m very grounded in my community.

on their own terms — through a court, through people being made accountable for their actions.

My own view is that we should seek to go back into the talks at the earliest possible opportunity. But that is not a decision for me alone. We are a collective leadership. We will...

We will be there for one reason and one reason only: the election of a government in line with the Good Friday agreement.

If any Catholics, in a very democratic and peaceful way, decide not to do business with Orange businesses until that person is prepared to come to an accommodation with them, that is entirely legitimate,

Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.

I don’t have any high regard for Mitchell Reiss’ input in this process. If it is he who is advising the president, then it’s very, very bad advice.

I think people throughout this island have voted for change. The task now is to manage that change.

We came here for a working day to get answers, from the two governments … around the restoration of the institutions, around the implementation of the Good Friday agreement.

a life-and-death, blood-and-sinew, emotional, painful step.

There is bound to be distrust here. People have been hurt, people have been killed. There is bound to be suspicion. There is bound to be hatred. There is bound to be fear. And the...

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.

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...

Here you see (Trimble) walking out of incomplete talks last week, orchestrating a campaign of mass intimidation and all that went with it, and then he walks back into the talks this morning.

The two governments, the UUP and other parties should grasp the new opportunity that this unprecedented statement from the IICD creates.

What we saw here was the last hurrah of the Paisley-type monster that has dominated politics here for so long.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

It’s hard to think of a 16-month child being anything other than a delight to be around.

The White House has decided not to invite the Irish parties to the White House; that would be a disappointment. But do I interpret this as a movement by this administration away from the peace...

If you are asking me if the peace process can work if our party is expelled, no.

Today’s decision by the IRA to move into a new peaceful mode is historic and represents a courageous and confident initiative. It is truly momentous and is a defining point in the search for a...

Sinn Fein welcomes the decision by the Ulster Unionist council.

Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.

I think the best way for the IRA to leave the stage, … is in a dignified manner that prevents any recurrence of another IRA growing up alongside.

We will be seeking continued support for our efforts, for our particular view of the way these negotiations should go.