Embarrassed officials of the Department of Finance have virtually
beaten a path to Europe in their bid to elicit a positive solution to
Ireland's regioal shambles from the cold-faced men of Eurostat...
What the less developed reegions are crying out for are industry and
jobs, investment in infrastructure and indigenous resourses, and
decentralisation of power.
Editorial in the Examiner. Thursday 11 March.
As regards Lee Clegg and his family feeling sorry for us; we don't
need their sympathy - we want justice. All we have ever said is that
we want a wee bit of justice and that has now been denied to us.
Seán Reilly, father of Karen, after the Lee Clegg judgement last
week.
One of the most shocking aspects of the case was the sordid mural
glorifying the shooting which appeared in the regiment's East Belfast
headquarters. The mural said even more about the Parachute Regiment
that the Clegg case itself.
Editorial in the Irish News, Friday 12 March.
It is a worry to the established parties [SF's growth in the 26
Counties], viewed with increasing disillusionment by those who feel
that they have been let down by those in authority.
Claire Grady's report in the Sunday Tridune on Sinn Féin's challenge
to the establishment in the forthcoming local elections. 14 March.
There are those within the military establishment who were intent on
silencing Rosemary Nelson. Those who planted the bomb were intent on
giving effect to this in the same manner as Pat Finucane also a Human
Rights Lawyer was killed.
Statement from Sinn Féin Assembly member Dara O'Hagan after the
murder of Rosemary Nelson.
We told Jonathan Powell [Blair's chief of staff] of our concerns and
the need for the British to provide protection for people
representing the nationalists of Portadown, and in particular
Rosemary because of her work as a lawyer. We told him she was well
known in Lurgan and could have been an easy traget.
Garvaghy Road Councillor Breandán Mac Cionnaith after the murder.
If a Catholic girl goes and gets an education and then demands their
rights, this is what happens... All Rosemary Nelson did was
get people their rights.
Lurgan resident qouted in the Irish News, Tuesday 16 March.
Is this peace?
Headline in Tuesday's English Express.
The worst threat is that I am going to be killed. They told one guy
(a client) `you're going to die when you get out. And tell Rosemary
she's going to die too'. Then there's the usual abuse like I'm a
fucking Fenian bastard.
Rosemary nelson in an interview with a Sunday newspaper before she was
killed.
More than decade after the murder of Pat Finucane, a full and
appropriate inquiry into the killing has still to take place. A delay
of this kind in the aftermath of yesterday's atrocity cannot be
tolerated. All the facts about the deaths of Pat Finucane and
Rosemary Nelson must be made public as soon as possible.
Irish News Editorial. Tuesday 16 March.
It is public knowledge that her life has been treathened on a number
of occasions by the RUC Special Branch.
Martin McGuinness. Irish Times, Tuesday 16 March.
This outrage is an attack on the peace process and the vast majority
of people on the island of Ireland who support it and who had hoped
that such atrocities were no part of history... Despite threats to
her life arising from her work, Mrs Nelson courageously continued to
serve her clients and the cause of justice.
Bertie Ahern after the killing.
The attack on Rosemary Nelson is an attack on the Good Friday
Agreement which proclaims the right of citizens to live free from
sectarian abuse. Like Pat Finucane before her, Rosemary Nelson has
fought against state injustice and in particular the excess of the
state police - the RUC. For this she has been threatened many times.
Gerry Adams speaking in the US.
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