Martin McGuinness was easier to deal with but more hardline than others in Sinn Féin on the consent principle, political operators in Dublin believed according to secret files from 1997.
A Derry clergyman has warned there's nothing to be gained by perpetually dwelling on the '˜dusty soils of the past,' while urging political leaders to compromise for the sake of the hard won peace tentatively enjoyed here over the past two decades.
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