I Think The Worst Kind Of Grief

Your Determination, Selflessness And Courage Have Brought The Freedom Struggle Towards Its Fulfillment.

The Last Months, Weeks And Days Have Seen Accelerating Discussions, Involving The Dup For The First Time, About A Comprehensive Agreement Which Would See All Outstanding Matters Dealt With And The Good Friday Agreement Implemented In Full.

There Needs To Be Nationalist And Republican Confidence In Unionism.

I Was Leaving The Belfast Court, Where I Had Been Called To Answer A Very Flimsy Charge, Later Dismissed. You're Relatively Safe In Such Areas In The Irish Community, But To Go To Downtown Belfast For Me Is Dangerous. My Appearance In Court Had Been Well Advertised By The Police. I Think It Was Too Much Of A Coincidence That The People Who Shot Me Were Just Passing By.

There Can Be No Such Things As An Irish Nationalist Accepting The Loyalist Veto And Partition. You Cannot Claim To Be An Irish Nationalist If You Consent To An Internal Six County Settlement And If You Are Willing To Negotiate The State Of Irish Society With A Foreign Government.