Pursuing the warrants has created a lack of confidence - a confidence
that has been built up over a number of weeks and months around the
implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. For six weeks after the
Supreme Court judgement he lived in his own house and for six weeks
the gardaí did not come to his house and have not come to his house
since.
Sinn Féin's Martin Ferris on the attempted extradition of Angelo Fusco
last week
It isn't helpful to one particular man at this particular time and it
could be very unhelpful to the whole political process.
Fianna Fáil Chairperson of Kerry County Council Ted Fitzgerald on the
attempted extradition
This decision by the DPP is another body blow for our family. Nearly
ten months after her death, there is no sign of any commitment to
truth and justice for Rosemary. Tony Blair must recognise his
responsibility in relation to truth and justice for Rosemary and
establish an independent international judicial inquiry into all the
circumstances surrounding her murder.
Paul Nelson on the decision not to prosecute RUC officers involved in
issuing death threats against his wife, assassinated civil rights
solicitor Rosemary Nelson
The Republic, for the first time since it gained independence, has
become a partner with NATO - one of the world's largest and most
aggressive nuclear military forces. To celebrate the outbreak of
peace, Raytheon, the third largest arms manufacturing company in the
United States, has been invited to set up a plant in Derry... Ireland
should and could become a champion of the cause of the poor majority
in our world and a country which steadfastly refuses to provide any
part of the weapons for their genocide.
Joe Murray of AFrI on Ireland's increasing gravitation towards NATO
and the arms trade, The Examiner, Saturday 8 January
Over the course of the last couple of weeks we have seen all of us
effectively on the one boat. The boat has just moved away from its
berthing position - we are still in the harbour - but we are still
moving forward and I think anyone who jumps off it at this stage will
drown.
Martin McGuinness on unionist demands for decommissioning
In the interest of public health, there should be no let up in the
campaign to prevent dumping of radioactive material in the Irish Sea,
where disturbance of the seabed could yet pose a major hazard.
Editorial in last week's Examiner
We called him that because we all felt he was a terrible posturing old
ham.
Former school friend of Tony Blair on his nickname `Miranda' at school