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>Stormont provides no opportunity for Irish >self-governance. > >Tony Blair stated that today's events at Stormont >should represent an end to a dispute between "two >warring traditions", and was subsequently described by >Bertie Ahern as "a true friend of Ireland. True >Republicans were only ever at war with England, and >whilst she continues to maintain her Occupation of >this country further conflict is inevitable. Those who >have sought to ensure the continuation of English rule >in Ireland are only ensuring continuing warfare >between these countries, and cannot plausibly be >described as our friends. > >James Connolly - executed by the British around this >time ninety-one years ago - stated before his Court >Martial, "Believing that the British government has no >right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and >never can have any right in Ireland, the presence in >any one generation of even a respectable minority of >Irishmen ready to die to affirm that truth makes that >government forever a usurpation and a crime against >human progress." We accept his analysis. > >The English must instead announce their intention to >withdraw permanently from our shores, allowing the >Irish people the opportunity to govern themselves. >Stormont provides no such opportunity, as an assembly >under the control of Westminster - from where its >powers are devolved - and continues to be subject to >the purse-strings of England. ÉIRE NUA provides the >only viable alternative to English rule in Ireland, >offering maximum decentralisation of power to local >level according to local majorities. Only this can >provide for a better and shared future for the Irish >people. > >Sinn Féin Poblachtach - Comhairle Uladh > >Related link: www.rsfcork.com

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