The Haas Talks

Started by Orior, September 20, 2013, 11:41:37 AM

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give her dixie

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Nally Stand

Quote from: give her dixie on March 03, 2014, 02:01:39 PM
Queen pardoned on-the-run IRA fugitive

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/queen-pardoned-ontherun-ira-fugitive-28527632.html

Date of article: 02 APRIL 2010

Isn't it just amazing that not one person in the DUP/UUP/SDLP bought the paper that day.

"I knew nahin'"
"The island of saints & scholars...and gombeens & fuckin' arselickers" Christy Moore

give her dixie

Quote from: Nally Stand on March 03, 2014, 02:10:18 PM
Quote from: give her dixie on March 03, 2014, 02:01:39 PM
Queen pardoned on-the-run IRA fugitive

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/queen-pardoned-ontherun-ira-fugitive-28527632.html

Date of article: 02 APRIL 2010

Isn't it just amazing that not one person in the DUP/UUP/SDLP bought the paper that day.

"I knew nahin'"

Plus Nally, Arnold Foster and Maurice Morrow among others in the DUP were daily attendees at Gerry's trial. Maybe they were at the toilet or having a smoke when this was brought up.


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AQMP

#258
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/fury-as-ira-atrocity-suspect-who-topped-uks-most-wanted-list-is-appointed-to-victims-forum-28757708.html

See third last paragraph:

In July 2000 Glenholmes was on a list of 41 fugitive republicans given to Tony Blair by Gerry Adams.

This story was published on 7 June 2012.  Jeffrey Donaldson was quite measured in his response then??

Edit:  You can add this from 27 December 2000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1088530.stm

Not exactly the same scenario as some of the later letters but as Mark Devenport of the BBC says this scheme was "hidden in plain sight"

give her dixie

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Maguire01

An interesting read alright. The OTRs really is about SF - I doubt even their voters, bar a few of those who were involved back in the day, would care less if nothing had been done on the OTRs issue.

muppet

The only way to ever make real progress in the future is to reach a point where you can close the door on the past. This will involve pain on all sides and will certainly involve agreements that will be hard to stomach for some.

I don't like deals like this but I believe that they are inevitable and I am willing to accept them only if it is in the context of progressing peace. In that regard I won't criticise Sinn Féin for agreeing to such a deal.

However, the lack of transparency is very disappointing.
MWWSI 2017

orangeman

Good to see we've all learnt from the past and are prepared to act in a mature manner and not revert to the old ways :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28138927

sensethetone

They could have marched out, but they needed permission.

Rossfan

What a bunch of spoilt children.
Soon be time for the 2 Governments to go back to the Anglo Irish Agreement of 1985 situation as those Unionist floots are incapable of adult behaviour.
Davy's given us a dream to cling to
We're going to bring home the SAM

screenexile

News broke at lunch time there that Gerry Kelly got a Royal Pardon when he was extradited from the Netherlands back in the 80s... I think Jim Allister and Wullie are recovering from the news as we speak!!

What do we make of it? The Belfast Tele Facebook is going a bit crazy about it here:

https://www.facebook.com/belfasttelegraph/posts/10153067412488819

give her dixie

Yet another hearty bowl of soup dished out by the Establishment and consumed by the top level once again.

Nothing the shinners do surprises me anymore. It's only a matter of time until they take their seats at Westminster.
After all, they take every benefit going with the role and Martin McGuinness never wastes an opportunity to praise the Queen.

And Gerry and co have no problem calling people opposed to the occupation as "So called republicans".
Maybe they should look in the mirror the next time they use this phrase.
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armaghniac

Quote from: give her dixie on March 24, 2015, 06:24:53 PM
Yet another hearty bowl of soup dished out by the Establishment and consumed by the top level once again.


I don't see why SF should have a problem about this. They wanted recognition of the political nature of their actions, the thing the British use to do that is called a Royal Pardon, so what? The British can call letting people off whatever they want.
If at first you don't succeed, then goto Plan B