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>Daily Ireland-Wed. Aug. 30. 2006 > >Front Page-Well- known republican Dominic McGlinchey >Jr explains reasons behind cancelled meeting saying >forum wasn’t just for dissidents. > >McGlinchey son says political event ‘hijacked’. > >“A lot of speculation [about the meeting] has been vey >reckless and dangerous. This meeting was not arranged >to debate forming a military strategy. It was intended >to be a coming together of a broard section of >republciab opinion, to either agree or disagree. It >wasn’t meant to be about Provo or Sinn Fein bashing. > >Full report see page 5 > >Page 5 > >Home News – Republican event ‘hijacked’ > >By Connla Young >c.young@dailyireanmd.com > >“A lot of speculation has been very reckless and >dangerous. This meeting was not arranged to debate a >military strategy”- Dominic McGlinchey Jr. > >A WELL-known republican has outlined the reasons >behind the cancellation of a political forum, claiming >the event was ‘hijacked’; by elements with no >connection to the proceedings. > >Dominic McGlinchey, a son of the former INLA leader of >the same name, says his decision to speak out was >prompted after several days of “reckless and >dangerous” media speculation on the event in Toome, >Co. Antrim, which was to include “a broad section of >republican opinion”. > >Speaking to Daily Ireland yesterday, 29-year-old Mr. >McGlinchey from Co. Derry said the event was “hijacked >by people who had no input whatsoever into organising >it”. He also dismissed media reports claiming the >well-publicised meeting was organised to debate >forming a military strategy. > >“A lot of the speculation has been very reckless and >dangerous. This meeting was not arranged to debate >forming a military strategy”, he said. > >“It was intended to be a meeting of political minds. >The meeting was about the coming together of a broad >section of republican opinion, to either agree or >disagree. It wasn’t meant to be about Provo or Sinn >Fein bashing.” > >Mr McGlinchey also hit out at the implication that the >meeting was to be a platform for dissident opinion. > >“It was made clear to everyone who was invited that >Sinn Fein are the main players within republicanism >and without them being present at the meeting there >was no point in it taking place. > >“I wasn’t pressurised by the Provisional Movement into >cancelling it. This was intended to be one in a series >of meetings arranged to analyse our past. It was about >what has taken place over the last 30 years and the >last 600 years. > >“It was intended to be about what we’ve learnt from >Connolly and Costello, who talked about having an >umbrella where no one was marginalised”. > >SHORTENED VERSION DUE TO SECTION OF TRANSCRIPT BEING >DELETED ACCIDENTLY. THE FULLER VERSION MAY APPEAR >LATER, IF WE FIND THE ORIGINAL COPY OF DAILY IRELAND >WHICH IS NOT AT HAND, ALAS.

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