Mr. David Donoghue:

Mr. Montgomery reminds me of something else, which is that in the strand two talks from October 1997 onwards where Sinn Féin was actively involved, there were sessions where Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness gave the republican perspective on everything that happened. These were not the Easter week negotiations but in the period from October to December 1997, when we got into the strands for the first time, I remember distinctly quite good debates where there would occasionally be some engagement with unionists. I remember on one occasion Mr. Reg Empey responding, although not directly. There was an issue with that for a while. He responded to the republican version of how the conflict came about. Mr. Montgomery reminds me that in the period we had very good exchanges.