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Ard fheis plans united Ireland PLANS to cultivate a
path to a united Ireland through a high-powered taskforce need the backing
of the Irish in Britain and across the world it has been announced.
Addressing Sinn Féin’s ard fheis over the weekend party leader
Gerry Adams further claimed that continued relations with Unionists had
an important part to play in their plans to pave the way for change.
He stated a specific taskforce, led by Martin Ferris, Gerry Kelly, Larry
Downes, Bairbre de Brún and Rita O’Hare, would be set up
in the next couple of weeks to “drive forward the roadmap to Irish
unity.”
The Belfast West MP said: “I believe that we are closer to bringing
about Irish re-unification than at any time in our past.
“Despite ingrained partitionism within the Irish establishment,
there is growing support for Irish unity and there is a growing awareness
of the importance of the all-Ireland economy to this nation’s future
— but none of this will happen by chance.
“We need to set out how we reach this historic goal, how we create
the conditions for a united Ireland.”
Mr Adams’ statements were made at the party’s annual conference,
held at the RDS in Dublin from Friday, February 29 to Saturday, March
1.
There he called upon those Irish nationals who have spread out and settled
across the globe to back their campaign for a united Ireland.
He said: “Over the years we have looked to our friends in the USA
and across the world to support the Irish peace process — and without
their support we would not have succeeded.
“As we approach the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising we are
asking the Irish Diaspora to put its full weight behind a renewed campaign
for Irish re-unification.”
He added: “We need to continue our engagement with the Unionist
people, many of whom now accept that an end to British Government engagement
in Irish affairs may be no bad thing.” |
