02/11/2001
Sinn Féin leader receives standing ovation in New York
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams received a standing ovation when he addressed a crowd at the annual Friends of Sinn Fein dinner in New York.
With more than 1,000 tickets sold at $500 a piece, at the fund raiser event which took place on November 1, raised more than half a million dollars for the New York construction industry.
Fifty-nine union construction workers lost their lives in New York, with many engineers and draftspeople also among the victims.
Speaking at the event Mr Adams refuted claims there had been a drop in support for Sinn Fein since the attacks and the subsequent war on terror: "Those who support us know the difference between what's been happening in Ireland and what happened in this city on 11 September."
Accompanying Mr Adams, were newly elected MPs Michelle Gildernew of Fermanagh-South Tyrone and Pat Doherty, of West Tyrone, who will travel north of the USA border to launch a Canadian branch of Friends of Sinn Fein.
Mr Adams's visit comes just a week after the IRA began to put its weapons beyond use. (AMcE)
With more than 1,000 tickets sold at $500 a piece, at the fund raiser event which took place on November 1, raised more than half a million dollars for the New York construction industry.
Fifty-nine union construction workers lost their lives in New York, with many engineers and draftspeople also among the victims.
Speaking at the event Mr Adams refuted claims there had been a drop in support for Sinn Fein since the attacks and the subsequent war on terror: "Those who support us know the difference between what's been happening in Ireland and what happened in this city on 11 September."
Accompanying Mr Adams, were newly elected MPs Michelle Gildernew of Fermanagh-South Tyrone and Pat Doherty, of West Tyrone, who will travel north of the USA border to launch a Canadian branch of Friends of Sinn Fein.
Mr Adams's visit comes just a week after the IRA began to put its weapons beyond use. (AMcE)
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