Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also read quite a bit of history and read that as much for pleasure as part of a curriculum.

In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that don't change in a week or a fortnight - was the new educational system.

All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality.

Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.

I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.

The basis of peace and stability, in any society, has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its people.

Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity.