Irish - Politician | May 23, 1950 -
As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both.
Martin McGuinness
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I remember vividly as a 15-year-old, in 1964, seeing Derry play Glentoran in the Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park in Belfast. Glentoran were one of the two big Belfast teams, along with Linfield. Any rural team playing them was up against the odds.
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I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad.
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My ultimate dream would be for Derry City to become champions of an all-Ireland league in a united Ireland.
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I believe a united Ireland is inevitable. I have never put a date on it.
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The sheer scale of what the Tories are attempting to do is staggering. But Sinn Fein will not agree to this ideologically driven austerity agenda.
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You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of people in the north who said to me, 'When did you leave the IRA?'
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In my view, a united Ireland is inevitable, and it is certainly more likely than a voluntary coalition which doesn't include Sinn Fein.
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There are some discussions taking place in the United Arab Emirates about the prospects of a long-haul flight into Belfast.
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It is amazing that you now have a bus company in Ballymena producing world class buses for Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Las Vegas.
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I am opposed to abortion on demand, and I am opposed to the 1967 Act in Britain being transferred to the north.
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I think people see me as someone very much associated with political agreement and, probably more than anything else, being able to build a relationship with loyalist leaders Ian Paisley and Peter Robinson.
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