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Senator praises Sinn Fein on policing move
Friday, 27 April 2007
Speaking at the annual Cooperation Ireland dinner in New York this week, Senator McCain was reacting to Sinn Fein's announcement that it is to appoint three people, including an ex-IRA bomber, to the Northern Ireland Policing Board.
Mr McCain gave his "hearty congratulations" to Sinn Fein and the DUP on the new Northern Ireland Government - and especially welcomed Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness' joint letter of congratulations to the Ireland cricket team as one of their first official acts together.
Senator McCain noted that Sinn Fein has now made its first appointments to the policing board.
"In the past, the character of the police was used as an excuse by some who wished to engage in extra-judicial activities, actions that rent the fabric of society. That excuse is gone," he said to applause from the audience.
"Violence, crimes and threats have no place in the Northern Ireland of today or tomorrow," he added.
Senator McCain made his comments two years after lambasting the Sinn Fein and IRA leadership in front of Gerry Adams at a similar black tie event in Washington.
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