Polarised world must learn the ultimate lesson from lives of Martin McGuinness (and Abdelhamid Abaaoud)

We are all framed by our past but our destiny and final legacy do not need to be defined by it. That is perhaps the key lesson for a troubled world from the life and times of Martin McGuinness and Abdelhamid Abaaoud, suggests Irish Examiner digital editor, Dolan O'Hagan.

BORN into and forged by one of the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods of his native city he was from a large, close knit and religious family.

From an early age he was acutely aware and angered by the large scale poverty, unemployment and discrimination being experienced around him.