Shared Island Initiative, Day 1: A trojan horse for unity or a shared future based on mutual respect?

A bullet-riddled welcome to Northern Ireland sign on the border between Derrylin, Co Fermanagh and Ballyconnell, Co Cavan. The communities where paramilitarism offers a chance of some fast cash and a sense of purpose will not be aided by conversation alone. PA Photo

On the first of our three-day feature on the Shared Island initiative, political correspondent Aoife Moore speaks with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, a survivor of the Miami Showband Massacre and a father who lost his son in the Omagh bombing.

According to the government, the Shared Island Unit "supports the implementation of the Government’s commitment to work with all communities and traditions on the island to build consensus around a shared future on the island underpinned by the Good Friday Agreement".