"I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad." — Martin McGuinness

Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents.

There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace.

But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.

Whenever people reach out the hand of friendship towards me, I am not going to refuse that hand.