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Bertie Ahern

The result is clear, the government is deeply disappointed by the referendum result.

We have a duty to work now to build a better Ireland. An Ireland that is a warm home for everybody who lives here.

Many believed this day would never come and many would say it should have happened a long time ago but it has now come about,

We cannot undo the damage done but we must now also look forward with renewed hope.

the best, the most skillful, the most devious and the most cunning.

was prepared to take risks for the peace process, risks to secure agreement and risks to implement it.

The timing of the bombings was clearly designed to wreak the greatest level of havoc and carnage. They are an attack on the democratic process and cannot be justified by any political cause.

If the IRA`s words are borne out by verified actions, it will be a momentous and historic development.

This is not good. The meeting was bad. Relations were bad. It was very hostile, even bitter... I don`t like to see grown men bickering.

It`s a landmark development. It`s of real historic significance. We are enormously relieved that we can finally close this difficult chapter of the peace process.






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