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Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...to deal with the issues we have raised. She cannot accuse us of playing politics. She cannot suggest we have acted inappropriately as it was not we who produced photographs of vulnerable individuals in the Dáil Chamber. The Minister cannot shout "Jonathan Dowdall", "IRA" or "Special Criminal Court" at us. She cannot accuse us of playing both sides on immigration in local...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...Hamas. I do not remember in my childhood that before those who felt strongly about British state terrorism in Ireland got the words out of their mouths, they had to say they had a problem with the IRA. Of course, we have difficulty with it and we absolutely condemn evil. We absolutely condemn the actions of Hamas on 7 October - that goes without saying - but this is state sponsored evil...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...one Christian Brother termed "Peil Luther". In 1938, the President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, was stripped of his role as patron of the GAA for attending a soccer international. What of those special moments in those early days? I mention the first Irish team in 1924, which flew the Irish flag when we took our place among the nations of the Earth because football is Ireland. When ex-IRA...

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (13 Oct 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...a delegation from Blacklion in County Cavan. I was interested to hear about Senator Black's connections with that area, particularly as own mother is from Blacklion and my grandfather was an IRA volunteer in the Civil War. He was imprisoned, went on hunger strike and escaped before spending the rest of his life as a customs officer on the Border, which was an ironic change of career....

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in seeking a successful resolution to the talks chaired by Dr. Richard Haass. It is with a sense of regret that I point out that almost 20 years since the IRA and loyalist ceasefires, 15 years since the Good Friday Agreement and seven years since the restoration of the Assembly and Executive in 2007, over the past 18 months, negative events in...

Topical Issues: Gangland Killings (6 Dec 2012)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...reported the following in connection with the killings: Gardaí believe Ryan was shot dead in a conspiracy between a number of crime gangs as part of their efforts to resist the extortion demands of the Real IRA, with Ryan having led that extortion campaign. Intelligence suggests the Real IRA believe Eamon Kelly had assisted the gangs in organising the Ryan murder, with Kelly believed...