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ROBINSON EXPRESSES PESSIMISM
10/24/97 12:20 EST

Ulster unionists intent on sabotaging the Northern Ireland
peace talks at Stormont will gather in Portadown, County
Armagh tonight for the third in a series of protest rallies.
The rally to be held in Portadown town hall, featuring
Democratic Unionist Party deputy leader Peter Robinson and
Robert McCartney of the United Kingdom Unionist Party,
follows previous protest meetings organised by the parties
at Belfast's Ulster Hall.

Tonight's rally will be chaired by Captain Austin Ardill,
a member of the Ulster Unionist Party which is currently
attending the talks. Yesterday, Ardill spoke of his
dissatisfaction with the current talks process and signalled
his intention to call for "unionist unity".

Meanwhile, Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson has said he
believes it is improbable any agreement will be reached at
the multi-party talks. Mr Donaldson said he had no doubt the
party's annual conference, which is taking place this
weekend, would endorse the leadership's position on the
talks.

Speaking on RTE Radio this afternoon, Mr Donaldson said he
believed Sinn Fein would not get what they wanted at the
talks and that the IRA would return to violence.
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