Republicans need to atone for their crimes

THE blinkered and cynical views expressed by Danny Morrison (Irish Examiner, August 11), if shared by the wider republican movement, do not bode well for the chances of a successful outcome to the review of the Good Friday agreement.

The peace process in the North has been built primarily on trust. Without trust, and the establishment of a common ground, there would have been no peace process. Mr Morrison quotes an IRA volunteer as having said that “trust is a two-way street,” and yet displays a singular disinterest in what the concept of trust involves.

For trust to emerge from a conflict situation it is necessary that both sides recognise and come to terms with the wrongs they have committed.