Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
16-23 October 2014

DUP failure to join talks slammed
On 17 October, as new all-party talks began in Belfast, Sinn Féin MP Conor Murphy called upon the DUP to `end its sham fight and join the all-party talks’... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
09-16 October 2014

DUP must `get real’ on talks – McGuinness
This week, Sinn Féin MLA Martin McGuinness has said that if the DUP is serious about tackling the growing crisis in the political process then they should be at the table this week with the other parties and the Irish and British governments... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
02-09 October 2014

All-Party talks must be free from pre-conditions and threats
On 7 October Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe TD, welcoming the news that the Irish and British Governments were to `resume all-party talks aimed at resolving the issues facing the political process in the North’, and urged Minister Flanagan `to urgently convene these talks and to ensure that they take place in an atmosphere free from preconditions and threats’... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
26 September – 02 October 2014‏

Open agenda and political will needed to reach agreement – Adams
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD, speaking this week, has said political will was needed to reach agreement on the outstanding issues of the Good Friday and other agreements... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
17-25 September 2014‏

Scottish referendum will have `major implications’ for the North of Ireland – Gerry Adams TD
On 20 September, following the Scottish referendum vote, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams TD said its outcome had `profound’ implications, including for the north of Ireland... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
10-17 September 2014‏

Sinn Fein stand against the welfare cuts of the British Tory party – McGuinness keynote speech in full
On 12 September Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness, gave a keynote address at a national party meeting, in which he set out the party’s position on the issue of welfare cuts and the Assembly... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
07-14 August 2014

Gerry Adams warns: Political process in trouble
On 8 August Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams TD warned that the political process faced `its greatest challenge since the Good Friday Agreement negotiations in 1998.’
The Sinn Féin leader made the following points:

* The anti-Good Friday Agreement axis within unionism, the pro-unionist stance of the British secretary of state, the refusal of Downing St to honour its own obligations are combining to create the most serious threat to the political institutions in the north in recent years.

“The Orange state was built on partition, unionist domination, inequality and injustice.
It was an apartheid state in which citizens were denied the right to a vote, to a job, to a fair justice system and to a home... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
01-07 August 2014

Horrific attacks on Gaza must end
On 6 August Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams TD strongly urged the Taoiseach and the Irish government to `end its silence’ on the bombardment in Gaza and `speak out clearly against’ any actions which undermine the rights of Palestinians or the objective of a peaceful, two-State solution... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
24-31 July 2014

Gerry Adams TD reiterates call for Dáil recall to discuss Gaza situation
On 29 July Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams reiterated his calls for the Taoiseach to recall the Dáil to support `an end to violence and in support of the United Nations appeal for a 72 hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza’... Read more