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For Once McDowell is right!

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Thursday December 11, 2003 10:56

by joe - lp

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The Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has strongly criticised Sinn Féin for seeking to take the moral high ground on political corruption at a time when he claims the party is still closely associated with sinister criminal elements. (Irish Times)

He goes on to say - "It ill-beholds Sinn Féin to point the finger at anybody when they have a huge unresolved issue in relation to the close connection of the IRA and organised crime in Ireland," "There is a close connection between Sinn Féin and the IRA and I have no doubt that senior figures in the IRA are at the moment, and have been for many years, engaging in criminal activities to fund the activities of the republican organisation."

When asked if he believed the Sinn Féin electoral machine was financially benefiting from such criminality he said: "I don't believe there are strict Chinese walls between IRA money and Sinn Féin money and I believe it would be naive for anybody to think that there are.

"I strongly reject the implicit suggestion in some of the Sinn Féin rhetoric that their party is in some way morally clean. It isn't. It is directly associated with very, very sinister elements in Irish society."

"One of the things that I find most difficult to take is the Sinn Féin party talking about corruption in political life and pointing the finger at others and they have people very much closer to home about whom they hope the media, and people like me, will remain silent, I certainly won't."

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Comments (9 of 9)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Silly sod	Janus	Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:19
2	he does have a point!	Ray	Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:59
3	Sad, very sad	Maubere	Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:27
4	Some of us are living in the present!	Rayo	Thu Dec 11, 2003 13:12
5	Living in the past??	Maubere	Thu Dec 11, 2003 13:43
6	The PDs and dodgy funding	devoto	Thu Dec 11, 2003 20:26
7	PDs dodgy funding	Dermot	Thu Dec 11, 2003 21:13
8	McDowell is a plonker	anti PD	Thu Dec 11, 2003 22:00
9	Exactly	matt	Fri Dec 12, 2003 10:30

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