But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.

If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere.

Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland.

Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents.

Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens.

Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.

The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move.

That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing.

The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.

Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door.

In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view.

But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.

The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British military intelligence.

Let's leave beside them in another pile all the injustices which exist in the northern state.

Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.

I haven't done anything that I'm ashamed of.

A lot of Labour people are telling me Labour is in poor shape.

All I can do is to try and make the future better.

As a former member of the IRA, I accept all the responsibilities that are due to me. But in terms of the individual circumstances, I don't comment on that.

As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both.

As a young man on the streets of Derry, I saw Ian Paisley as an immortal opponent of everything to do with equality, justice, fairness, and respect for Irishness.

As anyone who has tinnitus knows, it's not something that you can ignore, and you have to deal with it on a daily basis.

Austerity is devastating these communities. The working poor, public sector workers, the disabled, and the vulnerable are the hardest hit by this bankrupt and ideologically driven policy.

Commemorations can stimulate debate, which will ultimately lead to a greater understanding of the events of our 'through-other' history and to shape a better future.

I am opposed to abortion on demand, and I am opposed to the 1967 Act in Britain being transferred to the north.

I am very proud I was part of the IRA in Derry and involved in repelling the designs of the British state forces against people who were being treated as second- and third-class citizens.

I believe a united Ireland is inevitable. I have never put a date on it.

I carry out my full duties as Deputy First Minister and accept I have tinnitus but appreciate the hearing that I do have and that it does not limit me in a professional or personal capacity.

I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad.

I do have a very deep sense of regret that there was a conflict and that people lost their lives, and you know, many were responsible for that - and a lot of them wear pinstripe suits in London today.

I don't hate Peter Robinson, and I don't think Peter Robinson hates me.

I don't know what caused my tinnitus, but I started to become aware of a very low ringing noise in my right ear, which is now constantly there.

I don't think the majority of people - to be quite honest - care. I think they see me as someone who was at one stage of my life in the IRA, but they see me in the round, as someone who was able to make peace.

I know who Queen Elizabeth represents. I know she's the head of the British state. I know she has all sorts of titles in relation to different regiments in the British army. She knows my history. She knows I was a member of the IRA. She knows I was in conflict with her soldiers, yet both of us were prepared to rise above all of that.

I lost a lot of friends at the hands of the British Army. The person who actually introduced me to my wife, Colm Keenan, was murdered by the British Army. He was a member of the IRA, but he was unarmed.

I never talk about shooting anybody, but I do acknowledge I was a member of the IRA, and as a member of the IRA, I obviously engaged in fighting back against the British army.

I remember vividly as a 15-year-old, in 1964, seeing Derry play Glentoran in the Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park in Belfast. Glentoran were one of the two big Belfast teams, along with Linfield. Any rural team playing them was up against the odds.

I think people see me as someone very much associated with political agreement and, probably more than anything else, being able to build a relationship with loyalist leaders Ian Paisley and Peter Robinson.

I want to work with Peter Robinson as first minister in a positive, constructive way and leave the elections to the electorate.

I was proud to be a member of the IRA. I am still 40 years on proud that I was a member of the IRA. I am not going to be a hypocrite and sit here and say something different.

I would have felt ashamed if I had not been part of the resistance and part of fighting back against the forces of the state.

I'm not going to be known as the Sinn Fein Minister who did the bidding of a Tory administration which is focused on decimating the welfare state.

I'm not going to be reduced to the position of being the implementer of Tory cuts in the North.

If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given all the predictions, would run counter to the democratic wishes of the Irish people.

If there is a vote in Britain to leave the E.U. there is a democratic imperative to provide Irish citizens with the right to vote in a border poll to end partition and retain a role in the E.U.

In 2016, let us all join the Rising, and the only final message is this very clear: Up the Rebels. Up a sovereign and independent Irish republic.

In my view, a united Ireland is inevitable, and it is certainly more likely than a voluntary coalition which doesn't include Sinn Fein.

Ireland's place north and south is in Europe and leading change in Europe.

It is Cameron's cabinet of millionaires who are the real spongers given free rein to live out their Thatcherite fantasies at the expense of ordinary, decent communities throughout these islands.