The only final settlement between Britain and Ireland, and among the people who share this island can be on the basis national self-determination for the Irish people... the agreement must not block or delay the achievement of the national objective. On the contrary, it must be a definite transition from the injustice of patition to the justice of Irish unity and sovereignty.
Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín O Caoláin speaking at the Easter commemoration in Dublin last Sunday.
When I pay tribute to IRA soldiers, I pay tribute not just to their role when they make war, but also to their role when they provide the opportunity for making peace.
Gerry Adams speaking at the Easter commemoration in Carrickmore, County Tyrone.
[SF's objective is] an end to British rule in Ireland.
Martin Ferris speaking at the Belfast Easter commemoration.
Tony Blair and David Trimble must be made aware that the nationalist people are off their knees. There is no returning to the status quo. We demand fundamental change in the Six Counties.
Statement from Tyrone POWs read out at Easter rallies in Tyrone.
She may now walk with a limp for the rest of her life. The last time I saw my daughter as a free person she was not in this state, somebody is responsible for that.
Bernadette McAliskey on her daughter's homecoming and the damage she endured in British custody. Sunday, 12 April.
``No one else could have gotten you this far,'' thunders Big Ian. ``Stick with me. Follow my leadership and if anyone is to fall in this battle, I'll be the first to fall.'' Then he climbs into the back seat of his armoured Ford and his two-car cavalcade zooms off down the mile-long road and off into the night. As the crowd left behind in the shadow of Carson's statue watches its leader's red tail lights disappear a mile away at the exit, the realisation dawns on them in the darkness that they face a long walk home.
Report in Ireland On Sunday on Ian Paisley's rally at Stormont last Friday night.
This no `deal' for nationalist Ireland... The `deal' agreed by representatives of nationalist Ireland at Stormont last Friday is an enormous disappointment. It is likely to copperfasten partition on this island for many years to come, perhaps for decades.
Editorial opinion in the Sunday Business Post. 12 April.
Sinn Féin has one advantage over other parties - we've brought a camp bed. We don't share it, of course.
Gerry Adams on the marathon negotiations last Thursday/Friday. Sunday Business Post, 12 April.
Turning away at the bridge will not resolve the issue. Direct dialogue is necessary.
Lower Ormeau Concerned Community spokesperson Gerard Rice calling for dialogue on the decision to reroute the Apprentice Boys' march from going down the nationalist Ormeau on Monday.
We need to hold our nerve, need to look at it and steady up and go at this in the way we went at everything. We want a national democracy. We want a united Ireland. So does it help it or hinder? That's a very basic question in all this... This is our struggle. We're the experts in this field.
Sinn Féin negotiator Gerry Kelly speaking in Ardoyne on Easter Tuesday.
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