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Martin McGuinness bows out
Martin McGuinness’ decision to stand down from the Northern Ireland Assembly robs the power-sharing institutions of one of their most important and unlikely defenders.
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams says republicans are “seething with anger” at the murder in Omagh of police officer Ronan Kerr, who had only joined the Police Force of Northern Ireland last year.
It’s no secret that the Labour leader has long supported the end of British rule in Ulster.
He was a passionate republican who worked tirelessly for peace, said Gerry Adams. Others have been less than positive and unforgiving of his violent past. Everyone has an opinion about Martin McGuinness. That he was, and will remain, a pivotal and divisive figure in Northern Irish politics is not in doubt.
Martin McGuinness’ decision to stand down from the Northern Ireland Assembly robs the power-sharing institutions of one of their most important and unlikely defenders.
On one level, this is a moment of normalisation in Northern Ireland politics. The institutions are in crisis and it is not because of a peace process issue.
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