Have you not confronted the Sinn Fein leadership with your own observation which you have repeatedly put on the record of the House: that Sinn Fein and the IRA are two sides of the same coin? Are they, in effect, telling you that they cannot convince themselves to initiate a process of decommissioning?
- Labour leader, Mr Ruairi Quinn, to the Taoiseach
My observations have been well made to the Sinn Fein people repeatedly. They are very well aware of my views.
- Mr Ahern
Ireland could be described as a shrinking island with only £5 million of a budget over five years for erosion.
- Mr Michael Finucane (FG)
That is one way of looking at it. Ireland is also sinking. I don't want to upset anybody, but it is - at a very slow rate. That is a scientific position
- Minister for the Marine, Dr Woods
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/MOENYACS6VA77KV7ZXJ7HWR6UM.png)