Sinn Féin leader Martin McGuinness – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 14 Feb 2018 02:00:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5 Ireland’s unlikely peace trip https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/08/22/irelands-unlikely-peace-trip/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/08/22/irelands-unlikely-peace-trip/#respond Tue, 22 Aug 2017 00:00:49 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=15719 Sectarian politics in Northern Ireland were so extreme that when travelling overseas it was customary for politicians from opposing factions to accompany each other to ensure their mutual safety. That statement was made to Belfast-born Nick Hamm, who grew up during the Troubles. It may have been an apocryphal observation by a journalist, but Hamm

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