Shared Island Unit
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-16
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

We have had too much in recent times of Sinn Féin spokespeople saying different things to suit different agendas at different times. The overarching narrative has been that what Sinn Féin and the Provisional IRA did in all circumstances was justifiable and so on. There is a lack of a candid approach in terms of having the guts to condemn an atrocity committed by the Provisional IRA. That, by any standard, was one.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-16