Closest matches to “Nothing gracious about the IRA - Brett”
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We must never tire of challenging Sinn Fein attempts to differentiate between IRA murders and gangland murders
UUP leader Doug Beattie MLA rejects Sinn Fein's claim that there is 'no comparison' between IRA and gangland violence, and accuses Mary Lou McDonald of whitewashing IRA killings. He says gun attacks by drug gangs and by the IRA are both criminal, and cites Troubles death figures.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Mary Lou McDonald's weekend comments on IRA and gangland violence Original release: We must never tire of challenging Sinn Fein attempts to differentiate between IRA murders and gangland murders (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin will continue to stand with families in their campaigns for truth and justice – Kelly
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly calls on the Irish government to bring an interstate case against the British government over the Legacy Act, which he says lacks support from victims' families and human rights bodies. He spoke after families protested.
Community relations and legacy International affairs Issue: Legacy Act protest by families of Troubles victims Original release: Sinn Féin will continue to stand with families in their campaigns for truth and justice – Kelly (opens in a new tab)
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Burrows: ‘I’ll take no lectures from Sinn Féin on democracy, on equality or on the past’
UUP leader Jon Burrows MLA rejects Sinn Féin's claim that he holds a supremacist attitude, citing Troubles killings by republican paramilitaries and Sinn Féin's stance on past murders. He says he accepts election results but will work to change them, and criticises Sinn Féin's ministerial record.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Philip McGuigan's Assembly speech accusing Jon Burrows MLA of supremacist attitude Original release: Burrows: ‘I’ll take no lectures from Sinn Féin on democracy, on equality or on the past’ (opens in a new tab)Archived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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O’Neill comments on IRA terror raise serious questions
TUV councillor Stephen Cooper criticises Sinn Féin leader Michelle O'Neill's remark that IRA violence had no viable substitute, saying it insults Claudy bombing victims. He warns unionists against backing her as First Minister.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Michelle O'Neill comments on IRA violence during the Troubles Original release: O’Neill comments on IRA terror raise serious questions (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Fein mask slips in planned South Armagh IRA jamboree
TUV councillor Keith Ratcliffe condemns a planned South Armagh commemoration headlined by Sinn Fein MP John Finucane, saying IRA killings such as Kingsmill and Tullyvallen should not be celebrated and that Sinn Fein is unfit for government.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Sinn Fein South Armagh Volunteers Commemoration event Original release: Sinn Fein mask slips in planned South Armagh IRA jamboree (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin will continue to stand with families as they fight for truth and justice – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane says resignation comments by Al Carns show continued pressure within the British establishment to put state forces' interests above victims' rights. He calls for legacy processes to be fully compliant with international human rights standards and opposes shielding…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Al Carns GB News comments on Troubles Bill legacy proposals Original release: Sinn Féin will continue to stand with families as they fight for truth and justice – Finucane (opens in a new tab)
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It’s not for Sinn Fein to reshape remembrance
TUV North Belfast spokesman and party secretary Ron McDowell accuses Sinn Féin of trying to reshape remembrance by shunning the poppy and holding a separate act of remembrance, which he calls political. He argues the poppy suits remembrance of wartime sacrifice and urges Sinn Féin to acknowledge…
Community relations and legacy Issue: Sinn Fein separate Battle of the Somme wreath-laying 2022 Original release: It’s not for Sinn Fein to reshape remembrance (opens in a new tab)
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Kingsmill report cannot be the end
TUV chairman Keith Ratcliffe says the Police Ombudsman's Kingsmill report exposed serious investigative failures, including unresourced probes and missed arrests, and calls for answers on accountability, including from IRA leadership. He also attacks Sinn Féin and the First Minister over IRA…
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: Police Ombudsman Kingsmill report publication Original release: Kingsmill report cannot be the end (opens in a new tab)
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‘We will continue to reject the tide of militarism and fight for a peaceful world’ – Kearney
Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney accuses world powers that helped write international law of now dismantling it, and says the party will keep rejecting militarism. He points to the Palestinian and Cuban peoples as the focus of his concern.
International affairs Original release: ‘We will continue to reject the tide of militarism and fight for a peaceful world’ – Kearney (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Fein Has No Moral Authority on the Past While IRA Victims Remain in Unmarked Graves
TUV legacy and justice spokesman Sammy Morrison condemns the failed latest search for Columba McVeigh's remains, accusing Sinn Fein of shielding IRA crimes and lacking moral authority to lecture others on the past.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Failed search for Columba McVeigh's remains Original release: Sinn Fein Has No Moral Authority on the Past While IRA Victims Remain in Unmarked Graves (opens in a new tab)
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Victims of IRA atrocities deserve truth – Beattie
UUP leader Doug Beattie marks the 40th anniversary of the IRA Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings and the 50th anniversary of Bloody Friday, saying victims' families deserve truth and justice and accusing Sinn Fein of venerating IRA perpetrators.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Original release: Victims of IRA atrocities deserve truth – Beattie (opens in a new tab)
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Further vindication for Ballymurphy families- Dillon - Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon welcomes a civil action verdict awarding significant damages to Ballymurphy families from the British Ministry of Defence. She urges the British government to implement the 2014 Stormont House Agreement in full rather than pursue its legacy plans, which she says are an…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Ballymurphy civil action verdict and damages award to families Original release: Further vindication for Ballymurphy families- Dillon - Sinn Féin (opens in a new tab)
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Terrorists will not drag Northern Ireland backwards – Armstrong
UUP Deputy Leader Diana Armstrong MLA condemns the interception in County Monaghan of a suspected explosive device allegedly linked to New IRA members, calls for those responsible to face the law, and thanks An Garda Síochána for their swift action.
Justice and policing Issue: Republic of Ireland police interception of bomb allegedly destined for Northern Ireland Original release: Terrorists will not drag Northern Ireland backwards – Armstrong (opens in a new tab)Archived copy (captured later), Internet Archive capture of 12 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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Efforts to divide communities will fail, we all must stand against racism – Hughes
Sinn Féin MP Dáire Hughes says equality and solidarity will defeat current efforts to stoke division, responding to fresh attempts by small groups to turn people against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. He cites migrant workers' role in stabilising services at Daisy Hill Hospital and blames…
Immigration Health Original release: Efforts to divide communities will fail, we all must stand against racism – Hughes (opens in a new tab)
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Burrows challenges Chief Constable over Provisional IRA remarks
UUP leader Jon Burrows MLA challenges reported Chief Constable remarks portraying remaining Provisional IRA members as harmless older people, calling the group a latent threat and asking the Secretary of State to commission an updated paramilitary security assessment and the PSNI to explain its…
Justice and policing Issue: Chief Constable's comments on Provisional IRA existence Original release: Burrows challenges Chief Constable over Provisional IRA remarks (opens in a new tab)Archived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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Ulster Unionist Party comments on Drumcree investigation
UUP leader Jon Burrows MLA calls for swift follow-up to the PSNI's Drumcree and Garvaghy Road investigation, now at interview stage, and for the PSNI to publish the total number of people under investigation. He also says he has written to the Secretary of State seeking harsher penalties for…
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: PSNI Drumcree and Garvaghy Road investigation moves to interview stage Original release: Ulster Unionist Party comments on Drumcree investigation (opens in a new tab)Archived copy, Internet Archive capture of 9 October 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin will oppose any attempt to place British state forces beyond reach of accountability – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane calls on the British government to drop proposals giving the British Attorney General decisive authority over conflict-related prosecutions, after former DPP Barra McGrory warned of a two-tier justice system. Finucane also urges the Irish government to oppose the plans.
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: British government proposals to give Attorney General final say on conflict-related prosecutions Original release: Sinn Féin will oppose any attempt to place British state forces beyond reach of accountability – Finucane (opens in a new tab)Archived copy (captured later), Internet Archive capture of 9 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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Statement from Doug Beattie, MC MLA, UUP Party Leader, on 30th anniversary of Shankill Bombing
UUP leader Doug Beattie marks the 30th anniversary of the Shankill Bombing, remembering nine people killed by the Provisional IRA in 1993. He condemns Sinn Féin's continued eulogising of the bombers and calls on the party to recognise victims' suffering and condemn all terrorist actions.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Shankill fish shop bombing 30th anniversary memorial service Original release: Statement from Doug Beattie, MC MLA, UUP Party Leader, on 30th anniversary of Shankill Bombing (opens in a new tab)
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Kingsmills – the embodiment of the IRA’s sectarian motivation
TUV Leader Jim Allister, speaking after attending the 50th commemoration of the Kingsmills Massacre, describes the IRA attack as sectarian and says the victims' families have not obtained justice. He criticises the Kingsmills inquest and the Government's legacy proposals, and says Sinn Fein is…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Kingsmills Massacre 50th commemoration service Original release: Kingsmills – the embodiment of the IRA’s sectarian motivation (opens in a new tab)
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Gerry Adams comments on claimants’ decision to end London case
Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams welcomes the claimants' decision to drop their civil case against him in London, saying it ends a case he argues should not have been pursued. He maintains he rejected all claims during his evidence and calls for renewed focus on a peaceful route to a united…
Justice and policing Constitutional affairs Issue: Claimants discontinue London civil case against Gerry Adams Original release: Gerry Adams comments on claimants’ decision to end London case (opens in a new tab)
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There were always alternatives to IRA murder – Beattie
UUP leader Doug Beattie MC MLA says Michelle O'Neill's remarks rejecting alternatives to IRA violence attempt to justify the indefensible, and argues dialogue and democracy were always available. He calls on Sinn Féin to acknowledge that murder was wrong, noting the comments came days after the…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Michelle O'Neill comments on IRA violence during the Troubles Original release: There were always alternatives to IRA murder – Beattie (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin weaponising planning process to block Northern Ireland Centenary Stone
UUP leader Jon Burrows MLA accuses Sinn Féin of orchestrating a five-year campaign to block the Northern Ireland Centenary Stone through the planning process, and calls for it to be erected without further obstruction.
Community relations and legacy Issue: Sinn Féin objections to centenary memorial stone planning application Original release: Sinn Féin weaponising planning process to block Northern Ireland Centenary Stone (opens in a new tab)
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Ratcliffe condemns over-night attack on Crosskeys Orange Hall and calls out Republican leadership
TUV spokesperson Keith Ratcliffe condemns overnight spray-painting of sectarian and IRA slogans on the Crosskeys Orange Hall in South Armagh. He blames Sinn Féin for glorifying the IRA and calls for Republicans to be challenged more clearly, and urges police to act.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Attack on Crosskeys Orange Hall Original release: Ratcliffe condemns over-night attack on Crosskeys Orange Hall and calls out Republican leadership (opens in a new tab)
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Gerry Adams’ remarks at the 36th Desmond Greaves Summer School
Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, addressing the 36th Desmond Greaves Summer School, recounts Sinn Féin's role in securing repeal of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 during the Good Friday Agreement talks, crediting Desmond Greaves's writings and arguing the peace strategy aimed at…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Gerry Adams’ remarks at the 36th Desmond Greaves Summer School (opens in a new tab)Archived copy (captured later), Internet Archive capture of 11 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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Apology doesn’t go far enough following IRA song
TUV spokesperson Lorna Smyth says an apology from the FAI and Republic of Ireland women's players over a pro-IRA song does not go far enough. She asks whether disciplinary action is being taken and calls for them to acknowledge the IRA as a murderous terrorist organisation.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Republic of Ireland women's team pro-IRA song apology Original release: Apology doesn’t go far enough following IRA song (opens in a new tab)
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O'Neill wrong to say no alternative to IRA violence, says Long
Alliance leader Naomi Long MLA says Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill is wrong to claim the IRA's violence during the Troubles had no alternative, pointing to peaceful nationalists and Alliance's own non-violent approach. She warns that justifying past violence could affect people still involved in it.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Michelle O'Neill comments on IRA violence during the Troubles Original release: O'Neill wrong to say no alternative to IRA violence, says Long (opens in a new tab)
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Time for armed paramilitary gangs to get off the backs of the community – Kelly
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly urges armed loyalist and republican groups to halt their attacks, following the raised threat level and recent petrol bomb attacks and intimidation in East Belfast, Bangor and Newtownards.
Justice and policing Issue: Raised national threat level following attempted murder of police officer John Caldwell Original release: Time for armed paramilitary gangs to get off the backs of the community – Kelly (opens in a new tab)
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Ron McDowell highlights Belfast City Council’s appalling attitude to IRA memorials goes back years
TUV deputy leader Councillor Ron McDowell says Belfast City Council has for years facilitated an IRA memorial in Ballymurphy on council-owned land, including applying for planning permission for its fence in 2019. He calls this political bias and hypocrisy, citing the removal of a Union flag in…
Community relations and legacy Local government Issue: Belfast City Council decision not to act on Bobby Sands statue Original release: Ron McDowell highlights Belfast City Council’s appalling attitude to IRA memorials goes back years (opens in a new tab)
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Allister comments on bomb attack
TUV leader Jim Allister MP says a car bombing in Belfast may not be coincidental in timing, given Sinn Fein met in the city, and calls for a vigorous policing response to hunt down those responsible for the attack, which caused no deaths.
Justice and policing Issue: Belfast car bombing during Sinn Fein meeting Original release: Allister comments on bomb attack (opens in a new tab)
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Adams comment on Internment Case
Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams accuses the British government of hypocrisy over changing retrospectively a law on Interim Custody Orders that he says was broken in the 1970s, and criticises the Irish government for backing new legislation protecting British soldiers.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: British government decision to retrospectively change internment custody order law Original release: Adams comment on Internment Case (opens in a new tab)