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Sinn Fein seek urgent talks with Peter Robinson

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PATRICK ROBERTS,
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Published Saturday, January 23, 2010, 12:52 PM
Updated Saturday, January 23, 2010, 1:00 PM

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Gerry Adams: no self-respecting political party would want to be part of "a charade.”
Gerry Adams: no self-respecting political party would want to be part of "a charade.”


Gerry Adams announced today that Martin McGuinness wants to hold a crisis meeting with Peter Robinson.

Speaking to the press in Dublin, he said a meeting between McGuinness and Robinson would be “a critical and defining engagement.”

Last night, McGuinness had spoken with representatives of the British and Irish governments, Adams said. “But let me say this,” he continued. “The governments are not referees in this. The governments are guarantors with responsibilities and obligations.

The governments are also in default of outstanding issues, particularly relating to the Irish language and North-South structures, Adams suggested.

On Friday, Sinn Fein announced that talks with the DUP were at an end, to the apparent surprise of Peter Robinson. Negotiations have stalled around the issues of policing and the Orange Order parades.

Adams criticized media coverage of events.“This is not about Sinn Fein hyping things up. This not a game of poker,” he said. “If the institutions are not working, if they’re not delivering, then they become pointless and unsustainable. What we’re about is about fixing the problems.”

He added: “If that is not possible, then no self-respecting  public representative or political party would want to be part of what would be nothing less than a charade.”

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plasticpaddy | Jan 27, 2010, 10:42 PM EST
Galway - south of Ireland?

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Southernpride | Jan 26, 2010, 05:43 PM EST
I'm from the South of Ireland-Galway 'Sothern pride'

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plasticpaddy | Jan 25, 2010, 11:00 PM EST
says a man called southern pride, come on man, cut off the mullet get rid of the racist confederate flag and turn down the Lynard Skynard, you might seem lucid then.

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Southernpride | Jan 24, 2010, 11:45 AM EST
Sinn Fein is a party that's full of murders, criminals, bank robbers and paedophiles Adam's is hiding once again

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kickstar | Jan 24, 2010, 03:26 AM EST
I said it before and I will never say it again but it is time to get rid of Dermot the Wank Ahern.

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avemaria | Jan 23, 2010, 06:14 PM EST
This says it all. "The governments" , says Adams, (British & Irish)"are not referees". They have responsibilities which they are shirking. You can always count on Gerry Adams to assess the situation succinctly, fairly, and objectively. I agree that the joint government at Stormont-as it is-is nothing more than a charade. Adams calls it for what it is.

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