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| Meeting over Stormont events row | |
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| The commission which runs the Stormont building will meet later to discuss events to be staged in Stormont. | |
| Sinn Fein plans to hold an event celebrating the life of the IRA member Mairead Farrell. | |
| Ms Farrell was one of three IRA members shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar 20 years ago. | |
| The assembly speaker refused to take points of order about the proposed function when proceedings got under way in the chamber at noon on Monday. | |
| The DUP is also plananing an event to celebrate the role of the SAS during the Troubles. | |
| Some sources at Stormont say the commission may have to look at the details provided by event organisers to the Assembly about functions they wish to hold. | |
| There are also suggestions that there could be a temporary freeze on politically contentious events in the Stormont Long Gallery. Stormont is a shared space and that's the way it has to be seen Jennifer McCann, Sinn Fein MLA | |
| Assembly member Jeffrey Donaldson is making the DUP application. He said Sinn Fein's plan should not go ahead. | Assembly member Jeffrey Donaldson is making the DUP application. He said Sinn Fein's plan should not go ahead. |
| "I believe we should celebrate the lives of role models but who in their right mind could view a terrorist who was prepared to kill innocent men, women and children as a role model? | "I believe we should celebrate the lives of role models but who in their right mind could view a terrorist who was prepared to kill innocent men, women and children as a role model? |
| "That is not the image we want to portray to our children as we build a peaceful and prosperous Northern Ireland," Mr Donaldson said. | "That is not the image we want to portray to our children as we build a peaceful and prosperous Northern Ireland," Mr Donaldson said. |
| "However, it is right and proper that we should celebrate and commemorate our armed forces who stood against terrorists such as Farrell." | "However, it is right and proper that we should celebrate and commemorate our armed forces who stood against terrorists such as Farrell." |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar |
| Mairead Farrell was shot dead in Gibraltar in 1988 along with two other IRA members by the SAS. | Mairead Farrell was shot dead in Gibraltar in 1988 along with two other IRA members by the SAS. |
| Keys to a car found in her handbag led to the discovery in Spain of five packages of Semtex explosive. | Keys to a car found in her handbag led to the discovery in Spain of five packages of Semtex explosive. |
| Farrell had previously been jailed between 1976 and 1986 for the bombing of the Conway Hotel in Dunmurry, outside Belfast. | Farrell had previously been jailed between 1976 and 1986 for the bombing of the Conway Hotel in Dunmurry, outside Belfast. |
| Sinn Fein assembly member Jennifer McCann said she planned the event commemorating her at Stormont to mark international women's day. | Sinn Fein assembly member Jennifer McCann said she planned the event commemorating her at Stormont to mark international women's day. |
| "Stormont is a shared space and that's the way it has to be seen," she said. | "Stormont is a shared space and that's the way it has to be seen," she said. |
| "The real thing about this and the honest thing about this is that Jeffrey Donaldson and unionists are saying that we have the audacity to pay tribute to our dead and they're trying to tell us when and where we can do it . | "The real thing about this and the honest thing about this is that Jeffrey Donaldson and unionists are saying that we have the audacity to pay tribute to our dead and they're trying to tell us when and where we can do it . |
| "In effect they're creating a hierarchy of victims." | "In effect they're creating a hierarchy of victims." |