Martin McGuinness
Martin McGuinness
James Martin Pacelli McGuinnessis an Irish republican Sinn Féin politician who has been the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland since 2007. He was also Sinn Féin's unsuccessful candidate for President of Ireland in the 2011 election...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 May 1950
CountryIreland
attack enormous hardly ira likely move stupid
It's hardly likely the IRA would take these enormous initiatives and then move on to do something stupid like attack Denis Donaldson.
accepted basis document intend oppose talks
We have not accepted the document as a basis for negotiation, and we intend going to the talks to oppose the document.
bring forward move peace stop tactics time
time to stop all the stalling and delaying tactics (by Trimble) and move forward to bring the peace settlement.
agreement fate friday future good mind year
This is a make-your-mind-up year for everyone, not least the two governments. This is the year in which the fate and future of the Good Friday Agreement has to be decided.
confident course week win
I was always confident during the course of this week that Mr. Trimble would win the day.
expect ordered people soldiers wound
I think it is right that the people of Derry should expect those people who ordered soldiers to come here and kill 14 people and wound 14 more should be accountable before the law.
believe deal dictate government individual party responsibility
It is his responsibility to deal with this and we believe that no individual party or government has the right to dictate to the independent body.
certainly powerful worthwhile
I certainly had a sense that this was someone who wanted to be part of change. . . . I think she wanted to make a contribution, and I think she made a very powerful and worthwhile contribution.
leadership support facts
But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.
country responsibility decision
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.
gun doors government
If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere.
mistake thinking process
Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.
government needs british
The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control.
moving party important
The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move.