Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.
From Martin McGuinness
I remember vividly as a 15-year-old, in 1964, seeing Derry play Glentoran in the Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park in Belfast. Glentoran were one of the two big Belfast teams, along with Linfield. Any rural team playing them was up against the odds.
I do have a very deep sense of regret that there was a conflict and that people lost their lives, and you know, many were responsible for that - and a lot of them wear pinstripe suits in London today.
Let's leave beside them in another pile all the injustices which exist in the northern state.
Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.
The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.
Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door.
If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere.
The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British military intelligence.
Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland.
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