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Article: Election '97: Bruton attacks Sinn Fein vote
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 10, 1997
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The election in Northern Ireland finally flared into something
resembling life yesterday when the Irish Taoiseach, John Bruton,
told the electorate that a vote for Sinn Fein would amount to a
vote for the IRA.
Condemning recent IRA violence, Mr Bruton declared: "It would be
hypocritical to pretend that a vote for Sinn Fein is anything other
than a vote of support for the IRA because they are part of the one
movement." The Irish prime minister was speaking after meeting SDLP
leader John Hume and the party's three other MPs in Dublin.
His remarks drew a quick response from Sinn Fein president Gerry
Adams, who said he was "absolutely and totally wrong." He said Sinn
Fein had taken huge risks ...