IRA Easter Message
On this the 82nd Anniversary of the Easter Rising the
leadership of Oglaigh na hEireann extends fraternal
greetings to republican activists, supporters and
friends both at home and abroad and express gratitude
to them for their continued support and invaluable
assistance.
In commemorating the Easter Rising we remember with
pride all those who have given their lives in the
struggle for Irish freedom.
We send solidarity greetings to all our comrades
incarcerated in Irish, English and American prisons and
pledge to them, their families and friends our
continued support. We pay tribute to the men and women
of Oglaigh na hEireann. We applaud their continuing
commitment and discipline.
We take this opportunity to reaffirm our determination
to secure our republican objectives. We remain
committed to ending British rule in Ireland and the
reunification of our country.
On July 20 last, in announcing a complete cessation of
military operations we again demonstrated our
preparedness to enhance the search for a democratic
peace settlement through real and inclusive
negotiations. We commend all those who have lent their
energy to build a negotiations process with a view to
establishing a just and lasting peace. We applaud, in
particular, the efforts of the Sinn Fein leadership and
others who have worked tirelessly towards this goal.
We will carefully study the outcome of the talks
process against it's potential to move us towards our
primary objective, a 32 County democratic, socialist
republic. We will judge it against it's potential to
deliver a just and durable peace to our country.
Conflict in Ireland has been an inevitable consequence
of a refusal by successive British governments to
pursue a democratic settlement. It remains to be seen
if the current British government is prepared to rise
to the challenge. The pursuit of a just settlement
demands no attempt to enforce an internal settlement
as this cannot satisfy republican objectives or deliver
a democratic settlement.
We face the future with the determination that
republican people have shown over the last 30 years.
P O'Neill
Republican Publicity Bureau, Dublin.
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