There needs to be nationalist and republican confidence in unionism.

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

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

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.

War some people glamorise war and glorify war. It's not nice, from whatever point of view you come from.

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

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.