Even if nationalists were in a stronger position to broach cross-community initiatives, the current environment of media smears and intelligence ops would not make it an inviting prospect or a straightforward one.

Let us not merely aspire to the heights of our ancestors from a century ago, but to the heights which they aspired to.

Ireland needs a broad front comprised of nationalists and traditional republicans who have been pitted on opposite sides of the political spectrum by those who seek to control us.