It’s time for action - it’s time for everyone to move forward

Text of the Martin McGuinness speech at MacGill Summer School:

<snip>"The answer, in my view, is obvious. The way forward for all of the Irish people is Irish unity achieved through accommodation, mutual respect and agreement....The challenge is to persuade unionists that they have an important and valuable role to play in a free and united Ireland and to convince those who feel threatened that they have nothing to fear in the inevitability of Irish unity...At some point the DUP will have to enter the world of political dialogue, compromise and agreement. The days of second-class citizenship, of unionist domination, of the one-party state are gone forever. There is no alternative to sharing power with Irish republicans; there is no alterative to the all-Ireland architecture and the Equality Agenda of the Good Friday Agreement. In the meantime, the two governments must push ahead with the agenda of change set out in the Agreement and mandated by the people of Ireland, north and south.

The road map is clear. The future for all the people of Ireland, north and south, has to be based on equality, on inclusivity and mutual respect. The divisions in the north have to be resolved peacefully through open and direct dialogue. Injustice, prejudice and intolerance, whether sectarian, racist or sexist must be confronted."<snip>

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