“Within loyalism and the UVF, there are clearly people who are not just aggravated by the issue around flags or parades. They're aggravated by me and Sinn Fein being in government. They're opposed to the political institutions - there's an inability of a minority within loyalism to accept the concept of equality.”

Irish republican politician and statesman

Martin McGuinness was an Irish republican politician and statesman associated with Sinn Féin. He was a leading figure in the Provisional Irish Republican Army during The Troubles. He later served as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from May 2007 to January 2017. His public life is tied to the Northern Ireland conflict and its political aftermath, where he moved from militant republican leadership into high office.