Sinn Féin launch Irish Unity Task Force
Sinn Féin Deputy Leader Mary Lou McDonald today announced that senior party colleagues Conor Murphy and Pearse Doherty will jointly head the Sinn Féin task force on Irish Unity. At a Press Conference in Dublin Ms McDonald outlined ambitious plans for the taskforce including events throughout Ireland and with the Irish diaspora in the USA, Australia, England and Scotland.
She also indicated that the work of the taskforce would be brought into every elected forum on the island as part of the work of Sinn Féin elected representatives.
Mary Lou McDonald said:
“During the course of the past 15 years Irish Republicans have transformed politics on this island. When we set out on the journey of building a sustainable peace process people predicted that the task was too big, that the obstacles would be too large to overcome. We have proven them wrong. Peace has become a reality. Sinn Féin is sharing power with unionists on the basis of equality.
“The next inevitable stage on this journey is the completion of the job of uniting Ireland. That is our primary political objective. No doubt the same people who lacked the vision to see that peace was possible, will now say that the reunification of our country cannot happen either. Well I disagree. We have a strategy and we have a political project which will deliver a united Ireland.
“Today we are publicly launching the party’s taskforce on Irish unity. This comes about after months of detailed planning both here in Ireland and with the Irish diaspora across the world. The seriousness with which we are taking this work can be seen in the decision to place the Task Force jointly in the hands of Minister Conor Murphy and Senator Pearse Doherty.
“Tomorrow in New York, party President Gerry Adams will host the first of the taskforce events. He will be joined by former Beruit hostage Brian Keenan and other significant Irish American leaders and groups for a conference on advancing the United Ireland agenda in the US.
“In the coming months the United Ireland taskforce will roll out a programme of events throughout every Irish county in addition to further events in the US, Australia, England and Scotland. The work of the taskforce will also be mainstreamed into every elected forum on the island as part of the work of Sinn Féin elected representatives.
“So we enter this new phase with confidence and with the expectation that once again Irish Republicans well organised, building alliances and advancing ahead at all times will continue to drive forward this project to its inevitable conclusion.”
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