The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.

Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.

Peace cannot be built on exclusion. That has been the price of the past 30 years.

A real possibility now exists for a Government that is not led by either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.

I think the worst kind of grief is unacknowledged grief.

It's been a long time coming but the reality is that this process is at a crossroads.