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HARDtalk: Martin McGuinness, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

09/12/2010

Martin McGuinness, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Martin McGuinness, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

Stephen Sackur talks to Martin McGuinness.

Martin McGuinness is committed to Irish unity and socialism. Stephen Sackur asks him whether either makes sense in the current political climate.

As a senior figure in the republican Sinn Fein party, Martin McGuinness is committed to Irish unity and socialism. But does either make sense in the current political climate? The Irish Republic is in deep economic despair while in the north there is a hunger for long term political and economic stability.

Stephen Sackur asks him what this means for the core objective of the Republican movement - a united Ireland.

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