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

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You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of people in the north who said to me, 'When did you leave the IRA?'

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

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There are some discussions taking place in the United Arab Emirates about the prospects of a long-haul flight into Belfast.

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It is amazing that you now have a bus company in Ballymena producing world class buses for Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Las Vegas.

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

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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.

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When I went to the all-Ireland final - Kerry against Dublin - I couldn't get away for an hour and a half with people coming up and wishing me all the best. Not one of them said, 'Martin, when did you leave the IRA?' But every one of them knew I was in the IRA at one stage.

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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Politician

Born: May 23rd, 1950

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