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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Paul Bradford: ...with the Tánaiste and, indeed, anyone who is being put under unfair pressure by mob rule. We must never give in to mob rule in this country. We did not give into the mob rule of the provisional IRA in the 1960s, 70s or 80s.

Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)

Paul Bradford: ...of dead children on the beach in Gaza. I accept that these pictures were dreadful, but I recall images of dead children on the beach at Mullaghmore who had been blown up by members of Sinn Féin-IRA. I do not recall any condemnation being uttered on that occasion. I support the comments made by the Senators in question with regard to the undesirability of citizens in Israel cheering...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Northern Ireland Issues (7 May 2014)

Paul Bradford: ...House statements were required on a monthly and sometimes a weekly basis in response to various atrocities, murder and mayhem on the streets of Northern Ireland. Then in the autumn of 1994 the IRA ceasefire was declared following years of hard work by various politicians from virtually every political party. That helped lead to a process whereby we have enjoyed a relative peace on this...

Seanad: Amendment to Terms of Reference of Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Paul Bradford: ..., and this evidence must be investigated fully. This particular tragedy from 1989 obviously is one of the many tragedies the people, North and South, experienced over a number of decades during the IRA-led violence. One must recognise, however, that there were horrible incidents on all sides of the political divide and, as part of our attempt to build a new and peaceful future on this...

Seanad: Amendment to Terms of Reference of Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Paul Bradford: ..., and this evidence must be investigated fully. This particular tragedy from 1989 obviously is one of the many tragedies the people, North and South, experienced over a number of decades during the IRA-led violence. One must recognise, however, that there were horrible incidents on all sides of the political divide and, as part of our attempt to build a new and peaceful future on this...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jun 2012)

Paul Bradford: ...of balance and fairness required. The fact that the State is now more peaceful that it has been over the past 30 or 40 years and that the campaign of anarchy against the State by the Provisional IRA and others has almost disappeared, is welcome. Certain groups such as dissident republicans, as they like to term themselves, bear nothing but ill against the State. There is also an...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Paul Bradford: ...provide the hope that is so desperately lacking. I have every confidence in this country, which recovered from the War of Independence and the Civil War. It survived the efforts of the Provisional IRA and their political bedfellows to dismantle society in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. A country that has come through all that can come through our current economic crisis. It needs serious...

Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Paul Bradford: ——are being simultaneously debated. It is a bit like the phrase "Sinn Féin-IRA". Some people say they are connected while others say they are not. The WTO negotiations are separate from the Lisbon treaty. Can the Minister of State clarify the points on the veto?

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Paul Bradford: ...to achieve is the changing of people's mindsets, North and South. We have tried to change the mindset of unionism towards nationalism and vice versa. It was perhaps unrealistic to expect that the IRA ceasefire of 1994 would bring about dramatic changes overnight. It helped to create the space and conditions to facilitate change. From 1994 until last week, however, there were mountains...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Paul Bradford: ...stone forever, but a major step forward was made yesterday. A significant number of people deserve credit. It is 22 years since the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 and it is almost 14 years since the IRA ceasefire of the summer of 1994. We must appreciate that in conflicts which have been ongoing for as long as the one in Northern Ireland, progress takes time, effort and patience. I hope...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Statements. (25 May 2005)

Paul Bradford: ...suspicion, which is unfair. The vast majority of Muslims worldwide offers absolutely no support to the Islamic fundamentalist movement. The latter is as removed from the Muslim religion as extreme IRA elements are removed from the average Irish person. Nonetheless, Islamic fundamentalism requires serious political attention because that group has a political ambition to bring an end to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2005)

Paul Bradford: ...Irish immigrants in the United States. The Oireachtas should be seen to be proactive in that regard. I agree with everything that has been said by my colleagues on the Northern Ireland question. The IRA statement is shocking, chilling and totally out of touch with the vast majority of people, North and South. The Leader should arrange for a substantive debate on Northern Ireland at an...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion. (2 Feb 2005)

Paul Bradford: ...of view and democratic entitlement to differ. Sinn Féin seems to have a difficulty with this. I wish to put on record that I do not believe for one moment there was no Sinn Féin or Sinn Féin-IRA involvement in the bank robbery before Christmas. I do not believe for one moment there is not some degree of linkage between the membership of Sinn Féin and that of the IRA. We all know that...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Peace Process: Motion. (15 Dec 2004)

Paul Bradford: ...today. Something that has always amazed, surprised and upset me regarding the McCabe killing — I should say "murder", for that is what it was — was the fact that the Sinn Féin Party and the IRA never said sorry. As we know so well, language is very important in the politics of Northern Ireland, and we sometimes hear half-sincere regrets and mealy-mouthed sympathies being extended....

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2004)

Paul Bradford: During the summer recess we will be in a position to reflect on the tenth anniversary of the 1994 IRA ceasefire. As someone who believes in the glass being half full rather than half empty, this island has been transformed over the past decade. There has been a sea change in politics on the island. We are now entering the next crucial phase in the ongoing debate on the future of Northern...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements. (8 May 2003)

Paul Bradford: ...imperfect world that is not going to happen either. We must ask ourselves how do we get around these factors and put in place the mechanism to assure everybody that the war is over. The most recent IRA statement was very significant. Its language was significant. A short few years ago we would not have believed that such language would be put in print. I am not a wordsmith and do not know...