An Céachta Dearg
04-06-2008, 11:18 PM
A Chara,
Ireland is moving towards unity and independence. Therefore it is both necessary and prudent for the Irish people to engage on the shape, form and nature that a re-united Ireland will take.
More than eighty years has passed since the First Dáil was established in Dublin but in all of this time no Irish government has ever produced a Green Paper on Irish unity. No Irish Government has ever set out a strategy, produced an outline of a legislative programme or an economic analysis, or set out the actions that would need to be taken to give effect to Irish unity.
Sinn Féin believes that there is a responsibility on the Irish government to bring forward a strategy to achieve national self-determination, Irish re-unification, political independence, sovereignty and national reconciliation.
In this discussion document we are calling on the Irish Government to prepare and publish a Green paper on Irish unity and to begin the practical planning for Irish unity now. We are also calling for widespread consultation at home and abroad. I hope that Unionists will be prepared to take part in such a process and put forward their vision for the future and to consider, discuss and engage with nationalists and republicans about the nature and form a new united Ireland will take.
What Sinn Féin is about is setting out our roadmap to Irish unity and we believe that others should do the same. The primary objective at this time has to be to sustain the peace process and to build the political process and the Good Friday Agreement. Sinn Féin is wedded to this. But we continue to work for an end of the union and for Irish re-unification.
Sinn Féin is launching a campaign to get the Irish government to initiate this process and bring forward a Green Paper on Irish unity. We will be taking this campaign to every county in Ireland and will also seek international support.
Is mise
Gerry Adams
Sinn Féin President
Read the full article
http://www.irelandofequals.com/representatives/1162
Building an Ireland of Equals
Ireland is moving towards unity and independence. Therefore it is both necessary and prudent for the Irish people to engage on the shape, form and nature that a re-united Ireland will take.
More than eighty years has passed since the First Dáil was established in Dublin but in all of this time no Irish government has ever produced a Green Paper on Irish unity. No Irish Government has ever set out a strategy, produced an outline of a legislative programme or an economic analysis, or set out the actions that would need to be taken to give effect to Irish unity.
Sinn Féin believes that there is a responsibility on the Irish government to bring forward a strategy to achieve national self-determination, Irish re-unification, political independence, sovereignty and national reconciliation.
In this discussion document we are calling on the Irish Government to prepare and publish a Green paper on Irish unity and to begin the practical planning for Irish unity now. We are also calling for widespread consultation at home and abroad. I hope that Unionists will be prepared to take part in such a process and put forward their vision for the future and to consider, discuss and engage with nationalists and republicans about the nature and form a new united Ireland will take.
What Sinn Féin is about is setting out our roadmap to Irish unity and we believe that others should do the same. The primary objective at this time has to be to sustain the peace process and to build the political process and the Good Friday Agreement. Sinn Féin is wedded to this. But we continue to work for an end of the union and for Irish re-unification.
Sinn Féin is launching a campaign to get the Irish government to initiate this process and bring forward a Green Paper on Irish unity. We will be taking this campaign to every county in Ireland and will also seek international support.
Is mise
Gerry Adams
Sinn Féin President
Read the full article
http://www.irelandofequals.com/representatives/1162
Building an Ireland of Equals