Professor Fidelma Ashe:

Let us think about it. Division is a new Ireland. As important as they might be, we cannot just think about national anthems and flags and those kinds of issues. We also have to think about what way our systems of justice work and whether they need to be looked at. Do they need to be investigated? I have doctoral students who are doing really dedicated work on the issue that was talked about in rape trials. What they are finding is disturbing. If we are to be serious about women's rights and about protecting women's security all these issues need to go up the political agenda because my fear is, as national identity issues come more and more into focus in unity debates, all of these other issues Ms Gildernew spoke of will fall from view. We cannot call that a democratic process. We really cannot.