[Dan De Quille]

He said: "While the government of the United States has been declaring war on terrorists the US Ambassador to Dublin attended the annual conference of IRA terrorists at which there were specifically invited the political representatives of a number of international groups which his government supposedly has declared war on."

There are 'terrorists' and then there are terrorists, I guess.

[Colosis]

Sammy Wilson, the guy who made that comment, has been fanning the flames of hatred in Ireland for a generation now. He is a member if the DUP which often flirts with sectarian terrorists including Billy Wright, or 'King Rat' as he is affectionately referred to by loyalists loyal to the British crown.

Sammy Wilson is also the same DUP councilor who proposed a resolution congratulating the UDA death squad who assassinated Sinn Féin Councilor Eddie Fullerton in 1991. He also described Sinn Féin voters as `sub human animals' and once declared `Taigs aren't ratepayers'. Hardly the best source of information on Dick Egans visit to the Sinn Fein conference.

[Norn Iron]

It seems strange that Ambassador Egan should have gone to a terrorist convention to be ridiculed!!