Word: feins
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Within weeks, perhaps days, the Irish Republican Army is expected to declare a cease-fire in its war to oust Britain from Northern Ireland and unite the troubled island. Depending on the duration and effectiveness of that armistice, Sinn Fein, the political wing of the I.R.A., could be included in peace talks planned by the British and Irish governments. Could the age that has seen the end of the cold war, democracy in South Africa and real progress toward peace in the Middle East also deliver a solution to the Irish problem...
...people in Northern Ireland itself, be they Roman Catholic or Protestant, would simply like to get on with their lives. Even the I.R.A., it seems, is beginning to have second thoughts about the likelihood of securing a united Ireland at the point of a gun. Says Martin McGuiness, Sinn Fein's second in command and reputedly part of the the seven-member group that runs the I.R.A.: "This is a process that will lead to a settlement...
After a bloody, 25-year struggle to oust Britain from Northern Ireland, the Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.) is expected to declare a cease-fire Wednesday, says TIME Ireland Correspondent Tony Connelly. On Sunday, Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the I.R.A., said the "essential ingredients" and ``necessary conditions" for a settlement were falling into place. "It's the most positive thing he's said so far," says Connelly. Adams' on-the-record remarks are bolstered by off-the-record exchanges in the local media that point to an imminent halt to the armed conflict...
INTERVIEW: Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams...
...Mandela renouncing violence or Arafat genuflecting. It's a two-way process to bring about a demilitarization, to get those involved in armed action to stop. No sane person wants to be engaged in violence. But to put preconditions on people prematurely only makes the situation more problematic. Sinn Fein doesn't advocate violence. We don't advocate armed struggle. We have suffered from the violence. I want to see an unarmed strategy. I want to see a situation where the I.R.A. ceases activities. But the people who are looking down their guns at us are saying, well...