We can be revisionist, and that's a good thing to be at times, but we shouldn't airbrush our history, so we can only make judgments in the objective conditions of that time.

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

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

We can be revisionist, and that's a good thing to be at times, but we shouldn't airbrush our history, so we can only make judgments in the objective conditions of that time.

The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.

We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.

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.