Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----who sometimes behaves in a hysterical manner. He cited the transfer of justice and policing powers but he did not say anything about the role of his Government. Seamus Mallon of the SDLP told us we would not get the transfer of policing and justice powers. They said we could not get it but we persisted and we got the powers transferred from London to Belfast, with no thanks to the Government of the day.

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