Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Ba mhaith liom an spotsolas a dhíriú ar chathair agus contae na Gaillimhe inniu. Mar is eol don Taoiseach, is cathair álainn í. Go teoiriciúil, is cathair dhátheangach í agus geata chuig an Ghaeltacht is mó sa tír. Tá an t-ádh dearg orainn go bhfuil lánfhostaíocht sa chathair ach tá fadhbanna tromchúiseacha ó thaobh cúrsaí tithíochta agus go háirid ó thaobh infreastruchtúr de. Tá easpa infreastruchtúr bunúsach ata fite fuaite leis an bhfadhb ó thaobh tithíochta de.

I salute the families and campaigners, especially Margaret Irwin whom I have known for many years, in Justice for the Forgotten. When officialdom discouraged families and those seeking justice and their supporters from delving into this matter, they continued to seek the truth. They fought hard and fast to try to get the media in this State in particular, but also elsewhere, to look at the acts of international terrorism by British forces against civilians on the streets of Dublin and Monaghan on 17 May 1974, and in other attacks in 1972 and 1973. They stood strong. The attacks by British agents on 17 May were tantamount to a declaration of war, aiming to strike terror in the Irish public. They were straight out of Kitson's war manual. People need to go back and look at that. Many questions remain unanswered. I welcome the new docu-film by Fergus Dowd and others, "Anatomy of a Massacre", showing in the IFI at the moment. It highlights the failings of the Garda investigation. Those questions need answers. The British need to once and for all admit their role and the truth of their slaughter on the streets of Dublin and Monaghan.

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