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Brendan Hughes: Michelle O'Neill's call to respect differing views not matched by Sinn Fein

Much of the reaction to Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill's views on IRA violence has focused on her use of two words.

In an interview with the BBC's Red Lines podcast, the First Minister in waiting claimed there was "no alternative" during the Troubles.

"I don’t think any Irish person ever woke up one morning and thought that conflict was a good idea, but the war came to Ireland," she said.

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