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Record of meeting between the Irish Government and Sinn Féin on 6 June 1996

Writing Peace: The National Archives of Ireland (NAI)

This document provides a record of the meeting that took place between members of the Irish Government and Sinn Féin on 6 June 1996. Seán Ó hUiginn provided the Sinn Féin with copies of the Scenario paper, the procedural guidelines and the draft agenda for the talks. The Irish side requested an indication of Sinn Féin's thinking with regards to the launch of the talks, and Sinn Féin told the Irish delegation that it would be impossible for them to join to join the talks from the beginning. The Irish side asked for an advance indication from Sinn Féin in case they felt they had a package with which they could approach the IRA regarding a ceasefire, and also asked them about what position they expected the Irish Government to take on 10 June with regards to Sinn Féin. Paddy Teahon urged Sinn Féin to join the talks from the beginning, and Tim Dalton asked them how long they believed it would take for a ceasefire to take place. Gerry Adams said that he would try to give the Irish Government an update about the status of the package they intended to take to the IRA before next Monday. He also stated that he planned to make a statement on the launch of the talks, and said that Sinn Féin was considering filing a case against the Irish Government over their exclusion from the negotiations. Adams also asked the Irish Government to take into consideration a scenario where Sinn Féin joined the talks one to two weeks after their start. He asked the Irish Government to confirm that Sinn Féin would be allowed entry into the negotiations if the IRA called for a restoration of the 1994 ceasefire, which the Irish delegation confirmed. Some annotated text next to this part of the record written some time after the meeting states that this commitment was made before "Lisburn etc changed the landscape", and that the Irish could not be reasonably held to their promise.

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The National Archives of Ireland
Folder 01
23 1996 - 1996
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Speaking points for press conference following meeting between the Irish Government and Sinn Féin, 6 November 1996
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Compilation of remarks made by John Bruton and Dick Spring regarding the entry of Sinn Féin in the talks, 18 November 1996
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Record of meeting between the Irish Government and Sinn Féin on 6 June 1996
Record of meeting between John Bruton and Jean Kennedy-Smith on 28 June 1996
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Speech by John Bruton addressed to a Joint Meeting of the US Congress, 11 September 1996
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Statement on Northern Ireland to the Dáil Éireann by John Bruton, 10 October 1996
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Record of a meeting between John Bruton, Bill Flynn and Tom Moran on 16 October 1996
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Statement to the Seanad Éireann by Dick Spring, 16 October 1996
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Record of a meeting between John Bruton and Patrick Mayhew on 25 October 1996
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Incomplete record of a phone conversation between John Bruton and John Major on 26 October 1996
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John Bruton's reply to Bertie Ahern's question of 30 October 1996
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Excerpt of Dáil Éireann debate from 30 October 1996
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Cover fax from Albert Jordan to Eugene Downes enclosing an extract from Parliamentary questions and answers, 4 November 1996
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Transcript of interview of John Bruton from 4 November 1996
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Excerpt of Dáil Éireann debate on the Central Bank Bill 1996
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Questions by Bertie Ahern and Mary Harney addressed to John Bruton, 12 November 1996
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Transcript of debate from the Dáil Éireann from 12 November 1996
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Supplementary material for questions regarding Northern Ireland, 23 October 1996
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Index of items compiled for John Bruton's reference, with attached tab covers
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Compilation of remarks on 'armed struggle' by Sinn Féin
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Extract from interview of Gerry Adams
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Compilation of publications and remarks by Sinn Féin representatives on the PIRA campaign
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NAI, 2022/81/6, accessed via the Quill Project at https://www.quillproject.net/resource_collections/353/resource_item/33800.