Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Sinn Féin was okay when it was confined to the North. It is only when we began to win political support in this State that we started to get the type of hostility we now see. That is a grave mistake. It is also a fact that when the North is raised in this Dáil it is usually for the sole purpose of attacking Sinn Féin. I am not against Sinn Féin being attacked. People can attack all they want. That is their entitlement. That is especially true of the Fianna Fáil leader-----

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