Taoiseach says peace process threatens to unravel Irish Times Tue, Feb 22, 05 The Northern Ireland peace process threatens to “unravel” within weeks unless Sinn Féin gets the IRA to agree quickly to end paramilitary activity and criminality and complete decommissioning, the Taoiseach has said, write Mark Hennessy Gerry Moriarty and Denis Staunton Warning that […]
I am a republican who believes in a united Ireland, says McDowell Irish News. February 9, 2005 By Valerie Robinson Southern Correspondent Michael McDowell’s official title in the Irish government is minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, but he has adopted the unofficial role of Sinn Fein’s most strident critic. He tells Southern Correspondent […]
Irish Independent. Tuesday, February 8, 2005 He’s the poster boy for middle-class values and the bane of Sinn Fein; he’s arrogant, outspoken and quite possibly the most ambitious politician in Ireland. Sam Smyth profiles the ‘very, very clever’ Minister for Justice. The Provos blame him for the latest crash on the road to peace while […]
Saturday, January 28, 2004 The allegations by Irish Justice Minister Michael McDowell that Sinn Fein benefits from the proceeds of IRA racketeering, smuggling and robbery have cast an ugly shadow across the Northern peace process. His claims, so far unsubstantiated, have further fueled unionist intransigence. The Democratic Unionist Party, quite rightly, points out that if […]
Dear Editor, Anne Cadwallader’s fine article ,”Minister attacks new North paper” ( January 19 -25) made truly alarming reading. It explained how the Irish Minister of Justice, Michael Mc Dowell ,launched an extraordinary verbal attack on the new Irish newspaper that is to be published in Belfast next month, Daily Ireland. Ms. Cadwallader explained : […]