The main thing which the leadership of Sinn Féin must reproach itself for is misleading so many people, including the IRA, in Ireland and throughout the world as to their true intentions when entering into negotiations. These talks have achieved nothing more than a consolidation of unionism in the north of Ireland, the complete destruction of the IRA and the relinquishment of every principle which true Irish republicans hold dear. —Mary Larkin, South Armagh, 9 Dec 1999