About Quote by Dick Spring

People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.

— Fionnula Flanagan

If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes…

— Martin McGuinness

We need to work together towards a mutually beneficial solution for Ireland, the U.K., and for Europe.

— Enda Kenny

I hope the unionist parties, for example, who would be keen to protect and preserve the Union would see that it's much easier to…

— Leo Varadkar

Thanks to the European Union, Ireland has a much more open climate of discussion and debate, as you can see in the media. It…

— Mary Robinson

My point is there's a hidden Scotland in anyone who speaks the Northern Ireland speech. It's a terrific complicating factor, not just in Northern…

— Seamus Heaney

I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team.

— Peter Hain

In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of…

— John Hume

For far too long, the people of Northern Ireland have been denied an equal voice and equal representation in government. It is time for…

— James T. Walsh

If I felt we had alienated the Unionists, it would worry me because we've spent a great deal of time trying to open up…

— Dick Spring

We are the Conservative and Unionist party. No Conservative would do anything to harm the union, and that crucially includes Northern Ireland.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it…

— Nicola Sturgeon