"We don't bother with anyone and get on with our business. And we have very good neighbors here," he said. "We are Catholics. But we are a mixed family, and have Protestants and Catholics in our family, so I can't understand why anyone would want to target us."
David McGinty
Jan. 17, 2000
(Speaking after a pipe bomb thrown at his home in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, was defused by the army.)

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"Let us not give up on what has already been achieved or ignore it. The one thing that is clear is that all the parties want this to work. We have got a functioning executive here in Northern Ireland and an assembly which have produced a program for government. There are huge steps forward but we got to complete the rest of it."
Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
July 17, 2000
(After updating President Clinton on attempts continue to break the deadlock over British Army demilitarization, policing and decommissioning.)

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"In compliance with our international obligations, our two countries have already been providing mutual assistance in criminal matters. An example of this cooperation was seen recently in connection with a major investigation by your authorities into suspected illegal trafficking of counterfeit spare parts for aircraft. Based on those already existing agreements, our police and customs officials were pleased to be able to successfully cooperate with your agents in that investigation."
John O'Donoghue, Irish Minister of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Jan. 18, 2001
(After signing a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty between Ireland and the United States with Secretarty of State Madeline K. Albright in attendance at the Dublin ceremony.)