I believe we've spent many years trying to bring about talks which have all the Parties in Northern Ireland involved so that there'd be inclusive talks.
No-one wants to see a return to the hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
People in Northern Ireland vote for their church, they don't vote with their heads; it is ridiculous.
The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.
You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it.
I know now that gang warfare is not the Middle East or Northern Ireland. There is violence in gang violence, but there is no conflict. It is not 'about something.' It is the language of the despondent and traumatized.
I am an atheist. I was born a Catholic, but after I had traveled to Northern Ireland with some Catholic friends, and we had a horrible experience with the English Protestant police, I lost all taste for formal religion.
When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.
The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.
If Northern Ireland had better weather, it would be like New Zealand. It's an immensely beautiful country.
