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

Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfillment.

Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.

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

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.

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.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.