... that continuing to give them relief would only "make the people think that the government should do everything-. Though this statement is most likely biased toward the Irish, you can see the great famine was indeed a multifaceted tribulation, with a broad spectrum of opinion on the issue. Few politicians in recent Irish history have divided opinion as much as Gerry Adams. To his ... at best little more than an apologist for IRA gunmen, and at worst, a member of its highest command. In 1979, he said that the aims of republicans could not be achieved simply by military means. The statemen...

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... created English colony named Pale. At the end of XVI and at the beginning of XVII occurred colonisation of Munster, Ulster and part of Leinster. During two centuries English colonisers took about 85% of all Irish lands. 1688-1691 there was Irish rebellion, which was suppressed by the English. At the end of XVII and at the middle of XVIII the English fought with the Irish Catholics and ... people in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain. In March 2000, the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach issued a joint statement on the Lisbon Special European Council. This outlined the shared goal...

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