http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Martin+McGuinnness IrishCentral Martin McGuinnness en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/ireland_calling/why-mcguinness-shouldnt-be-president-130696238.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/ireland_calling/why-mcguinness-shouldnt-be-president-130696238.html Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:35:05 PDT
Martin McGuinnessAs predicted in this column last week, the entrance of Martin McGuinness into the Irish presidential race has electrified what had been an extremely dull election here It has launched a bitter debate not just about McGuinness's suitability as a president, but about the bloody IRA campaign which he led for so longEven though it was never concluded or resolved at the time, most people had thought that the debate about the IRA was over, that it had ended with the IRA campaign For the sake of peace most people had been happy to let it go, to let the issues involved around the IRA/Sinn Fein double act wither away over time READ MORE ]]>