SF launches legal challenge over veto Ulster Edition

THE shaky Northern Ireland political process was dealt a severe blow last night when Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said his party intended to mount a legal challenge to Ulster Unionist sanctions. Senior Ulster Unionist Sir Reg Empey dismissed the legal threat as a "protracted stunt" and...

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Published inNewsletter (Belfast, Ireland : 1962)
Main Author ROSIE COWAN and DAN McGINN
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Belfast National World 16.11.2000
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Adams, Gerry
Empey, Reg
Trimble, David
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Summary:THE shaky Northern Ireland political process was dealt a severe blow last night when Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said his party intended to mount a legal challenge to Ulster Unionist sanctions. Senior Ulster Unionist Sir Reg Empey dismissed the legal threat as a "protracted stunt" and vowed his party would respond even more harshly if Sinn Fein succeeded. Mr [David Trimble] imposed his veto on Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness and Bairbre de Brun, the Stormont Education and Health Ministers, attending cross-border meetings in a bid to get the IRA to make progress towards disarmament.