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| A new EU-funded peace and reconciliation centre on the site of the former Maze/Long Kesh prison will generate £100m per year for Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness has predicted. | A new EU-funded peace and reconciliation centre on the site of the former Maze/Long Kesh prison will generate £100m per year for Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness has predicted. |
| Speaking at a peace conference in Brussels on Thursday, McGuinness said the education centre on the ground where hundreds of the most dangerous paramilitaries were once imprisoned would provide a "valuable international resource" for other countries mired in conflict. | Speaking at a peace conference in Brussels on Thursday, McGuinness said the education centre on the ground where hundreds of the most dangerous paramilitaries were once imprisoned would provide a "valuable international resource" for other countries mired in conflict. |
| The Sinn Féin deputy first minister and the Democratic Unionist first minister, Peter Robinson, are in the EU "capital" to discuss lessons learned from the Northern Ireland peace process for other parts of the world. | The Sinn Féin deputy first minister and the Democratic Unionist first minister, Peter Robinson, are in the EU "capital" to discuss lessons learned from the Northern Ireland peace process for other parts of the world. |
| Thanking the EU for almost £1bn of aid to Northern Ireland and border counties in the Irish Republic since the IRA and loyalist ceasefires of the mid-1990s, McGuinness said: "The world is looking on at our example." The former IRA commander, who became a key architect of the peace process, told the EU gathering that politicians and peace activists from Northern Ireland were engaging with warring parties from countries ranging from the Basque country to Iraq, from Sri Lanka to Burma. | Thanking the EU for almost £1bn of aid to Northern Ireland and border counties in the Irish Republic since the IRA and loyalist ceasefires of the mid-1990s, McGuinness said: "The world is looking on at our example." The former IRA commander, who became a key architect of the peace process, told the EU gathering that politicians and peace activists from Northern Ireland were engaging with warring parties from countries ranging from the Basque country to Iraq, from Sri Lanka to Burma. |
| Acknowledging the damage caused both internally and externally to Northern Ireland by the union flag dispute, Robinson said the violence and disorder was a "wake-up call" to politicians to solidify the peace. | Acknowledging the damage caused both internally and externally to Northern Ireland by the union flag dispute, Robinson said the violence and disorder was a "wake-up call" to politicians to solidify the peace. |
| Robinson thanked the EU for its help in supporting peace-building projects, describing Europe as a "safe and solid shoulder to lean on". | Robinson thanked the EU for its help in supporting peace-building projects, describing Europe as a "safe and solid shoulder to lean on". |
| Ahead of the conference, the EU commissioner for regional policy, Johannes Hahn, referred to the violence that has erupted in Protestant/loyalist working-class areas since Belfast city council restricted the flying of the union flag at City Hall since early December. | Ahead of the conference, the EU commissioner for regional policy, Johannes Hahn, referred to the violence that has erupted in Protestant/loyalist working-class areas since Belfast city council restricted the flying of the union flag at City Hall since early December. |
| "Recent events in Northern Ireland have shown there is still work to be done but also that the vast majority desire peace. EU funds have an important role to play in helping to lay the groundwork for a shared society in which every community benefits from the fruits of the peace," Hahn said. | "Recent events in Northern Ireland have shown there is still work to be done but also that the vast majority desire peace. EU funds have an important role to play in helping to lay the groundwork for a shared society in which every community benefits from the fruits of the peace," Hahn said. |
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