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
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.
confident course week win
I was always confident during the course of this week that Mr. Trimble would win the day.
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.
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We have not accepted the document as a basis for negotiation, and we intend going to the talks to oppose the document.
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Four Catholics have been shot dead by the loyalists.
bring chapter confident final ira issue tomorrow
I am confident that tomorrow will bring the final chapter on the issue of IRA arms,
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Sinn Fein is not going to the negotiating table to strengthen the union -- we are going to the negotiating table to smash the union.
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Sinn Fein is not going to give up on its peace strategy and is going to work for a more effective peace process.
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I would be very surprised if that was the case, in fact I would be shocked.
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The tragedy of all this is that we are seeing within the talks process unionists refusing to negotiate, whilst outside the talks process Catholics are being murdered.
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Continuing negative leadership from unionist leaders serves only to further demoralise their own community. Unionist communities deserve better,
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covered a lot of ground about the present difficulties.
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In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view.
equals room second
Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens.