McGuinness urges ‘decade of reconciliation’

Martin McGuinness has challenged dissident republicans to accept that further violence is futile and to enter into dialogue on the future of the North.

The North’s deputy first minister said dissident republicans “talk about the conflict in romantic terms” when there was nothing romantic about it. “The war is over and we are in the process of building a new republic and you can still be part of that,” he said in a direct appeal to them.

“There is plenty of room within the political process for voices who oppose the Sinn Féin strategy.