Speech at the “Towards a new Ireland” conference by Patrick Yu

Introduction

2013 marks the 15th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. It is the time to have a quick look at what have been achieved under the GFA... Read more

Conor Murphy’s speech from the final plenary of the conference

The title of today´s conference includes the phrase “A new phase of the peace process” and I think that that is very apt when we come to discuss the issues Michelle has outlined... Read more

Ireland has long been a totemic issue for the left in Britain. I have been proud to support the cause all my political life. It is one the oldest and most important international liberation struggles... Read more

We are talking here about the march towards a new Ireland. But the future also depends on settling accounts with the past. We need to know so much about what happened during the years between 1968 and 1998 before we can move forward, so I make no apologies for looking backwards for a moment... Read more

Extracts from Sinn Féin Leader Gerry Adams’s speech to the opening panel of ‘Towards a New Ireland – A new phase of the peace process’

‘The situation in the north has changed out of all recognition... Read more

Speech by Kathryn Reilly, Sinn Féin senator, on the ‘Democratic Ireland – for an island of equals’ seminar

Ireland has come so far since I was born – the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin in government in the North, as the second largest opposition party in the South, the legalisation of divorce, decriminalisation of homosexuality, civil partnership, finally legislating for the X case – that I can only guess where we might be in another 25 years... Read more

Speech by John McCallister MLA, NI21 Deputy Leader, to Towards a New Ireland conference

A pro-Union member of the Northern Ireland Assembly addressing a Sinn Féin conference in London!.. Read more

Speech by Francie Molloy MP, Sinn Féin, at Towards a New Ireland conference

The excellent attendance and interest in today’s conference underlines just how much Irish people living here in Britain – whether second, third or even fourth generation Irish people, those who’ve been here for a long time, or those who are newly arrived – remain interested and engaged on the issue of Ireland’s political future; its constitutional future and how that affects the relationship between Britain and Ireland... Read more

Speech given by Sinn Féin economy spokesperson, Conor Murphy MP, addressing the ‘Ireland’s Economic Future’ seminar

There is no doubt that a planned and agreed approach to economic development across the island of Ireland would have a positive impact on trade, investment, economic growth, workforce skills, productivity, innovation, research and development... Read more

London Irish Centre 19th October 2013

Other speakers at the conference are addressing important issues such as the holding of a border poll and the question of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland... Read more