Dublin South East Sinn Féin -- Building an Ireland of Equals

Doolan slams Britain over collusion denial

Published: 10 July, 2004

Sinn Féin Representative for Dublin South East, Councilor Daithí Doolan, speaking today at the annual Volunteer Pat Cannon Commemoration, slammed Britain, "over its ongoing denial of state collusion in the deaths of 100s of Irish citizens during the current conflict."

Mr. Doolan said, "Britain's relationship with Ireland and the Irish has always been one of the coloniser and the colonised. Down through the years this has been apparent in consecutive British governments treatment of Irish people, even today one only has to look at Tony Blair's total denial that there was ever British collusion in the killing of 100s of Irish people. The most blatant example is his government's ongoing veto on a public enquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finnucane. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary his government and its securocrats continue to block the international demand for a public enquiry. If you have noting to hide Mr. Blair why deny this enquiry?"

Mr. Doolan concluded by calling on the Irish government, "to play it's full and active role in ensuring that the peace process, currently in crisis, is put back on track and that the Good Friday Agreement is implemented in its entirety. We all have a responsibility to work towards it's implementation but governments, both Irish and British, must also get behind this effort. We in Sinn Féin will not walk away from our responsibilities but leaving it simply to Sinn Féin is just not good enough. All parties must recommit to the process and recognise all parties mandates unionist and republican."