Sinn Féin Statements
30 January, 2007
MP speaking following a meeting of the party's Ard Chomhairle in Dublin today said: Read full article
30 January, 2007
The Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle will meet in Dublin this afternoon, Tuesday 30th January. This follows the decision of the Extraordinary Ard Fheis to endorse the leadership initiative on policing. Read full article
29 January, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP speaking today at Stormont said: "The Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle motion was very clear and unambiguous. And it was overwhelmingly endorsed by the party membership at the Ard Fheis yesterday. The Ard Chomhairle will meet tomorrow to discuss the outcome of the Ard Fheis and its ramifications. But let me be clear. Sinn Féin is moving forward. Read full article
29 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, in welcoming the decision of the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis to "critically engage" with policing in the Six Counties, has said that both Governments and all parties should now follow Sinn Féin's lead and act with courage and determination to fully implement the Good Friday Agreement. He called on the Irish Government to repeal the Offences Against the State Acts and to ensure greater accountability for the Garda Síochána. Read full article
29 January, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams will meet the leadership of the Methodist Church in Ireland tomorrow, Tuesday 30th January, at 9am in the party's Sevastopol Street Offices on the Falls Road, Belfast. Read full article
28 January, 2007
This is an historic day in the annals of Irish history in my view. We have put a motion to our delegates, to this body which we absolutely believe will move this process forward in a very dynamic way. Read full article
28 January, 2007
Below is the motion which was passed by delegates at today's Extraordinary Ard Fheis. Read full article
28 January, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams closing remarks to Extraordinary Ard Fheis 2007 Read full article
28 January, 2007
Address by Belfast republican Sean Murray to the Extraordinary Ard Fheis on policing. Read full article
28 January, 2007
Caitriona Ruane MLA, South Down addressing the Extraordinary Ard Fheis. Read full article
28 January, 2007
Partition cannot be wished away, no more than the Irish Republic can be wished into existence. Achieving national self determination and the realisation of the Republic are not theoretical propositions. Read full article
28 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald seconded the Ard Chomhairle motion on policing. Read full article
28 January, 2007
Today is a watershed in the history of our struggle. There has been a historic consultation process and political leadership of the people. Previous decisions have been taken by the Army - cessations, putting arms beyond use, but today's decision is the culmination of a process of a wide, an unprecedented consultation with activists, the party, the families of our patriot dead, and with the community which has born the brunt of the struggle down the years. Read full article
28 January, 2007
Cé go bhfuil an díospóireacht tabhactach seo inniu ar cheist phoílíneachta agus ceartas, caithfidh muid bheith soiléir go bhfuil sé dírithe, mar atá gach díospoíreacht dírithe, ar an phríomh cuspóir s'againn sé sin Éire saor, neamhspleach agus aontaithe. Read full article
28 January, 2007
A chairde .Ta scaifte mór anseo inniu. Poblachtanaigh le cheile. Laidir agus aontaithe. Dia daoibh agus fáilte mor romaibh uilig. Read full article
27 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald speaking on the eve of the party's Extraordinary Ard Fheis on said 'I believe that a positive response to the Ard Chomhairle motion by delegates tomorrow would open up a new arena for republicans and ensure that the days of repressive and sectarian policing are ended forever.' Read full article
26 January, 2007
Sinn Féin MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone Michelle Gildernew today said that the SDLP must be hoping that the nationalist community is suffering from memory loss if they expect their recent comments on policing, plastic bullets and collusion to be taken seriously. Read full article
25 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator has confirmed that he was warned of a 'substantially increased' threat from so-called dissident republicans by the PSNI last night. Read full article
24 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Assembly group leader, Upper Bann MLA John O'Dowd has accused the DUP and UUP of running away from a debate on collusion after both parties blocked a debate on collusion in the Assembly. Read full article
24 January, 2007
A Sinn Féin delegation led by Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness MP and including Louth TD Arthur Morgan and Assembly members Alex Maskey and Caitriona Ruane today held urgent talks with the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern in Dundalk. Read full article
23 January, 2007
A Sinn Féin delegation led by Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness MP and including Assembly members Alex Maskey and Caitriona Ruane and Louth TD Arthur Morgan will hold urgent talks with Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern in Dundalk tomorrow morning. Read full article
23 January, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams this afternoon spoke by telephone with the British Prime Minister Tony Blair about the implications of the Ombudsman Report into collusion. Mr Adams has consistently briefed Mr Blair on this issue since their first meeting in December 1997. Read full article
22 January, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness this afternoon held an urgent meeting with the British Secretary of State Peter Hain. Read full article
22 January, 2007
Sinn Féin's Dáil Leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD has called for a special Dáil debate on the Six Counties Police Ombudsman,s report published today that identifies widespread collusion between the RUC and UVF paramilitaries. The report, which also deals with the attack on Deputy Ó Caoláin's constituency office in 1997, should 'serve as a wake-up call for those parties in the South who ignored the issue of collusion for decades'. Read full article
22 January, 2007
The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has released the findings of her three-and-a-half-year investigation into a series of complaints about police conduct in relation to the murder of Raymond McCord Junior in November 1997. Read full article
21 January, 2007
Ógra Shinn Féin National Congress held an extraordinary meeting this weekend to discuss the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle initiative on policing. The Congress passed a motion setting out a revolutionary new model of policing with radical changes in structure and practice and called on all Ógra members to vote against the Ard Chomhairle motion at the Extraordinary Ard Fheis next Sunday. Read full article
21 January, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP gave the oration today in Crossmaglen, at an event to commemorate the death of IRA Volunteer Seamus Harvey who was killed 30 years ago. The Sinn Féin President praised Seamus Harvey, his family and all the families of the republican patriot dead. He addressed the current situation, the Ombudsman's report tomorrow into the killing of Raymond McCord jnr, and the policing debate. Read full article
21 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Assembly member Alex Maskey has accused the SDLP leader Mark Durkan of 'insulting the intelligence of victims of collusion'. Mr Maskey, himself a victim of British Agent Brian Nelson, made his remarks after the SDLP leader claimed that the release of the Police Ombudsman report into the murder of Raymond McCord Junior would finally prove allegations of collusion where true. Read full article
21 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness speaking from Lurgan before the latest public meeting on the policing issue, said that the big crowds attending both the public meetings and the republican gatherings over recent days showed a vibrant community wanting to participate and wanting to have their voice heard in this crucially important debate. Read full article
20 January, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams today addressed the first in a series of town hall meetings on the issue of policing. Mr. Adams was accompanied to the meeting in Toome, County Antrim by MEP Bairbre de Brún and MLAs Gerry Kelly and Francie Molloy. Mr. Adams will speak in Galbally, County Tyrone later this evening. Read full article
20 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald said that a series of town hall meetings will begin in Toome, County Antrim this afternoon as part of Sinn Féin's nationwide consultation and debate in advance of the Extraordinary Ard Fheis on policing on January 28th. Read full article
18 January, 2007
Sinn Féin has announced that Árd Comhairle member Martina Anderson will address the Bloody Sunday annual march on 28th January. Read full article
18 January, 2007
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams today said that he is prepared to meet with and brief in detail the leaderships of the INLA, CIRA and RIRA about the current situation. Read full article
16 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Assembly member for West Tyrone Barry McElduff has confirmed that a number of party councillors in the area have received threats including live rounds. Read full article
16 January, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has revealed that the Police Ombudsman's office has informed him that an 'initial investigating officer' has been appointed to investigate information relating to an assassination attempt on his life in 1984 and the role played by the RUC Special Branch. Read full article
16 January, 2007
Sinn Féin National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald was today joined at a press conference in Belfast by party colleagues Cllr. Caral NíChuilin and Conor Murphy MP to announce details of the public meetings which will be held as part of the Sinn Féin consultation in advance of the Ard Fheis on Policing. Read full article
14 January, 2007
Gerry Adams interview on RTE radio on the decision to go ahead with the Extraordinary Ard Fheis on policing. Read full article
13 January, 2007
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams MP speaking following a meeting of the party's Ard Chomhairle in Dublin this afternoon said 'The Ard Chomhairle today backed a proposal for an Extraordinary Ard Fheis to go ahead on January 28th. This is a hugely courageous decision and will ensure that the process continues to move forward." Read full article
13 January, 2007
This is the motion which will go to an Extraordinary Sinn Féin Ard Fheis on policing on January 28th 2007. Read full article
12 January, 2007
"In the run up to the meeting of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle on December 29th the DUP were given the text of the motion I was putting to the Ard Chomhairle calling a special Ard Fheis on policing. Read full article
12 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Assembly member Mitchel McLaughlin today welcomed the PSNI Chief Constable's statement on Plastic Bullets. Read full article
10 January, 2007
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Policing and Justice Gerry Kelly today said that 'intense and detailed negotiations between Sinn Féin and the British government in recent weeks have secured the reversal of the British government's proposal to integrate the PSNI and MI5.' Read full article
16 November, 2006
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness and senior Ard Chomhairle member Gerry Kelly returned from London this morning after 48 hours of intense and detailed discussions with the British government. Speaking in Belfast on their return Mr. Adams said that he was satisfied that Sinn Féin has kept the British government to the Good Friday Agreement. He said that there has been progress and the process is moving in the right direction. Read full article
6 November, 2006
Sinn Féin Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald MEP today reported back to the Ard Chomhairle on the consultation, which has taken place within the party over the past fortnight and the recent discussions with the British and Irish governments. Since the Ard Chomhairle met on October 19th in Dublin more than 60 meetings have taken place throughout Ireland. Read full article
4 November, 2006
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP speaking at the National Congress of Ógra Shinn Féin called on young people to take up leadership roles within Sinn Féin and to ensure that their voice is heard in the discussions which are taking place within the party about the way forward in the peace process. Mr. Adams also spoke about the tragic loss of lives on Ireland's roads and called on young people to talk to their friends and peer group about road safety issues, making bad driving socially unacceptable. Read full article
1 November, 2006
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams speaking during an all-party meeting with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said: Read full article
1 November, 2006
Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness and Finance spokesperson Mitchel McLaughlin last night met with members of the party's Assembly and negotiations team in advance of this afternoon's cross party meeting with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown in relation to a peace dividend. This follows last weeks announcement from the Irish government setting out key elements of their contribution to a peace dividend. Read full article
31 October, 2006
Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle member Gerry Kelly MLA has said it is vital that the British government call together a meeting of the Programme for Government Committee to facilitate dialogue between the parties. Ian Paisley's decision to withdraw from the first meeting was a set back. The failure of the British government to hold any further meetings since then is a mistake. These meetings are an essential part of moving the process forward and key to resolving some of the core issues including policing. Read full article
31 October, 2006
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Truth issues Philip McGuigan has welcomed today's report 'Making Peace with the Past' from Healing Through Remembering as "an important contribution to the debate on how society should deal with the legacy of conflict, the lessons of the past, the needs of victims, and the exploration of how to build support for the process of conflict transformation". Read full article
27 October, 2006
Sinn Féin General Secretary Mitchel McLaughlin MLA has said that the mobilisation of civic society and popular opinion is essential in the run up to the November deadlines for the return of the Assembly, power-sharing Executive and all-Ireland institutions so that local politicians can make the decisions on key issues such as Water Charges. Read full article
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