She wants a united Ireland, but doesn't expect to see one. Like many moderate nationalists, she concentrates on getting ahead in the current system, advocating reform, not overthrow. She says more nationalists are pragmatic about what will best promote their cause, and what to do in the interim. Unionists don't have an inkling that they did anything wrong, or what they need to do to address real human and civil rights violations. Most of the space we occupy is protected by direct rule,'' she says, referring to London taking control of local government in 1972.
Direct rule is livable.
But you still see the bigotry, you still see intolerance and discrimination. We're watching its death throes. The IRA think they can speed up the death process. I believe they hold it back. And they miss the human context.