Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
MARTIN McGuinness has launched a scathing attack on Taoiseach Enda Kenny after a Dáil Eireann row with Gerry Adams today.
Mr Adams had accused Mr Kenny of failing to uphold the rights of northern nationalists in the all-party talks, saying the Taoiseach had refused to support an Irish language act or a bill of rights.
However Mr Kenny claimed that Martin McGuinness had been prepared to do a deal but “you won’t let him”.
In a statement, Mr McGuinness said the statement made by Taoiseach in the Dáil was “a threadbare attempt to excuse his failure and ineptitude in this process”.
“Not only is it completely untrue, it is laughable.”
“Sinn Féin is at one on standing by the agreements, standing by the institutions and standing up for the most vulnerable in our society, north and south.
“The joint paper tabled by the British and Irish governments allowed the British government to renege on key commitments including the inquiry into the state-sponsored murder of Pat Finucane and an Irish Language Act,” he said.
Mr McGuinness said the Irish Government had also “abandoned the demand for full disclosure on the Dublin/Monaghan bombings and an inquiry into the massacre of civilians in Ballymurphy by the British government”.
“I am proud to be part of the Sinn Féin team seeking to reach agreement however this task is made all the more difficult due to the failures of the current Irish government.”
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