Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.

I think the worst kind of grief is unacknowledged grief.

Once water charges are in place they will only go up. This has been the history of all these charges

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

It's hard to think of a 16-month child being anything other than a delight to be around.

Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.

You can only judge anything that happened in the times, in the times that that happened.