It was a remarkable day in Derry – a day of measured words and steps. No ordinary day. A day that if listened to and built…
Since I began working for John Hume in the 80s I have known Martin McGuinness as an opponent, a formidable figure, a trenchant critic, an engaging…
The story of Martin McGuinness reads from the pages of war onto those of peace. His influence within the IRA in the big debates on ceasefire,…
The signal that the politically nuclear option was about to be used was in that speech by Gerry Adams on Saturday. What was interpreted by some…
At least Deputy First Minister Martin Mc Guinness MLA, probably using the local idiom to explain that he was feeling fine rather than the dictionary meaning…
DUP Education Minister Peter Weir MLA visits an Irish medium school; the First Minister accepts the decision of Sinn Fein Michelle O’Neill MLA regarding the use…
Ever since the Union flag restriction sparked a carnival of reaction and Robinson reversed on the moderate vernacular, destiny swayed with nationalism, it seemed. Nationalists were…
As Naomi Long said scathingly on BBC the other day, managing to sound simultaneously polite and caustic, nobody ever accused Peter Robinson of displaying…
The importance of political relationships was highlighted this week in Mark Carruther’s interview with Nigel Dodds and Martin McGuinness, when reference was made to…
You just have to read a couple of lines in Declan Kearney’s regular blog for the Belfast Telegraph to realise we’re not out of…
Abstentionism has been a long tradition within Irish Republicanism since the 1918 general election when Sinn Fein swept the boards winning a majority of the…
At the State Banquet McGuinness was the protagonist. Robinson was an appendage – a spectator at best. That’s the difference between the two. McGuinness…
In peace processes across the world there will be things that all sides won’t want to know but, here, there is no credible explanation for…
I was talking to a man the other day who has a distinguished career in international diplomacy behind him, including considerable time working on…
At Westminster there is a coalition government of Conservatives led by David Cameron and Liberal Democrats led by Nick Clegg. In Dublin there is…