Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The truth of it is that the Irish people have decided that peace is the way forward. That is a peace with justice, not a peace for any sake. I am not here to try to say that republicans were correct in everything they did throughout the conflict. That is not the case. However, we are certainly not going to be attacked by a political party whose only motivation in all of these things is to gain political points, score strokes and pull little fast ones for themselves and their cronies. That day is over. We are moving to a new politics in this country and it is time we did so.

See this speech in context