| Quote Unquote Liam
Collin writing in the Sunday Independent on some of the landmark properties
now owned by Irish investors, including Derek Quinlan who owns Claridges,
the Berkeley and the Connaught Hotels.
 “Families
who once sent their sons to London to navvy on the railways and the building
sites are now buying up huge chunks of the gilded city. Irish investors
are changing the London skyline.”
Michael Flatley, now known as Lord of the Dance.
“I started dancing at age 11. I was dragged by the ears. I hated
every minute of it.”
IRA statement signed by P. O’Neill.
“The IRA leadership can now confirm that the process of putting
arms beyond use has been completed.”
Lorcan O’Toole, manager of the Irish government-funded
reintroduction project, which saw 42 golden eagle chicks, introduced into
Ireland.
“We are all looking forward to the day when a Donegal-bred eagle
takes to the sky.”
Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams on the IRA’s
destruction of its arsenal of illegal weaponry.
“A very brave and bold leap.”
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald who indicted I. Lewis Libby
Jr., Vice President Cheney’s Chief of Staff, on grounds that he
lied to investigators or Fitzgerald’s grand jury about his conversations
with reporters. AP
“When citizens testify before grand juries they are required to
tell the truth. Without the truth, our criminal justice system cannot
serve our nation or its citzens. The requirement to tell the truth applies
equally to all citizens, including persons who hold high positions in
government.”
Methodist minister Rev. Harold Good describes the moment
he watched the IRA destroy the last of its weapons.
The Irish Times
“Nobody said a word. There was just silence. I’ll never forget
that silence.”
DUP leader Rev. Ian Paisley.
“This afternoon the people of Northern Ireland watched a program
which illustrates more than ever the duplicity and dishonesty of the two
governments and the IRA.”
|
