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Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (9 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: ...when a full scale civil war looked like a distinct possibility. In a recent obituary, the wise and restraining influence Tomás Mac Giolla exerted on the republican movement was recorded by a young IRA volunteer who wrote: One of my abiding memories of Tomás Mac Giolla was an encounter in the city of Derry in August 1969. I still had naïve notions of a short but glorious war with the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Oct 2009)

Brian Cowen: ...and they are working closely together to ensure these people are brought to justice. It is clear from recent IMC reports that dissident groups styling themselves Óglaigh na hÉireann, the Real IRA, and the Continuity IRA are criminal groups. They have failed to move on. They have no mandate from the people and their continued involvement in various types of criminal activity should...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Jul 2009)

Brian Cowen: ...during the conflict. We have made historic progress in helping bring paramilitarism to an end. The Independent Monitoring Commission report in September of last year made clear that the Provisional IRA was maintaining an exclusively political path, that the army council had been allowed to fall into disuse and that military departments had been disbanded. That gave everybody further...

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Brian Cowen: ...Shaun Woodward on Thursday, 18 September. On 3 September the Governments published the 19th report of the Independent Monitoring Commission which provided clarity on the status of the Provisional IRA. The Government welcomed the very positive report and I thank the IMC for its hard work in preparing it and its continuing contribution to the peace process. Following on from the...

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Brian Cowen: ...this is a continuing difficulty for the families and a very difficult situation. We will continue to work constructively to assist in whatever way we can on those matters. On the question of the IRA standing down the army council, as I understand it, the IMC brought forward a very positive report in this respect, confirming that this is the case. The de facto position is that there is...

Financial Services Regulation. (3 Mar 2005)

Brian Cowen: ...of institutions involved is not immediately available to me but I will make it available to her. With regard to the point on companies linked to money laundering and the allegations in regard to IRA criminal activity, the main purpose of the financial regulator's supervision of financial services providers is the stability of the financial system and the protection of individuals who...

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (9 Feb 2005)

Brian Cowen: ...from all the basic institutions of a state. We have to be prepared. Having come to the point before Christmas where there were only two issues in question, we must remember those in the Provisional IRA, who claimed they were not signatories to the Agreement, stated on a number of occasions that the context in which they would, as I put it, clear the pitch was on the basis of full...