'He had to go into the trenches and try and build bridges and bring those people with him'

Bertie Ahern reflects on Martin McGuinness, a fellow negotiator who did his best to make peace work

A FEW short weeks ago, the funeral of Dermot Gallagher, a former top civil servant in the Department of An Taoiseach and also Foreign Affairs and Washington ambassador, took place.

Dermot played a significant role in the drive toward peace in Northern Ireland and to my surprise Martin McGuinness was there.