Derry republicans were told that the march to a united Ireland is "unstoppable" by the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness at a public meeting in the Guildhall on Wednesday night.
More than 500 people attended the meeting which was addressed by Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, Bairbre de Brún, MEP, Foyle MLA., Martina Anderson, East Derry MLA., Franc
ie Brolly, and Donegal Councillor, Padraig MacLochlainn.
The event was chaired by Foyle MLA., Raymond McCartney.
Wednesday night's meeting is one of a series of nine organised by Sinn Féin across the North to brief republicans on the political progress made since last years special ard fheis on policing.
At the meeting, Mr. McGuinness said he believed Sinn Féin's current strategy would lead to the reunification of Ireland.
"Massive changes have occurred in the last twelve months. The pace of change may be slow but change is happening. Prior to 26th March last year I had never had a conversation with Ian Paisley about anything but that has changed.
"One thing that I have learned since then is that as much as we disliked politicians from London telling us what to do, the DUP also disliked it. That was something we could build on.
"The march towards Irish reunification is unstoppable. I have no doubt about that. The people who know that best are not the people here tonight or the people who vote for us but they are the people who vote for the DUP or the UUP.
"There are unionists who believed that if you give power to nationalists it means the end of the union as they know it and they are absolutely right," he said.
Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams told those at the meeting that significant progress had been made since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
"We always said the Good Friday Agreement was an accommodation. It is transitional. It has allowed us to develop our all-Ireland approach and has led to changes in policing.
"The RUC never provided a police service for cities like Derry. Since we joined the Policing Board and District Policing Partnership boards it has been a wake up call for those officers who still remain in the PSNI with political motivations."
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