I Think The Worst Kind Of Grief

There Needs To Be Nationalist And Republican Confidence In Unionism.

For Good Or Ill, I'm A Person Of Leadership. I Do My Best. I Don't Dodge Responsibility.

Sinn Fein Has Demonstrated The Ability To Play A Leadership Role As Part Of A Popular Movement Towards Peace, Equality And Justice.

I Like To Think I'm Very Grounded. I'm Very Grounded In My Family. I'm Very Grounded In My Community.

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.