amy: eamonn mccann, your joining us from derry.ern ireland assembly. took part in the bloody sunday march of 1972, helped form the bloody sunday trust. if you can talk about the significance of what we are seeing today? again,'s to a global audience who is not that familiar with politics of ireland. >> northern ireland, 101 years ago, many historians would agree it was founded in order in so far as it could be that there would always be a unionist majority. that is to say a majority of people who wanted northern ireland toe british. the state was founded in order to give that section of the population a majity. oh, permanence has lasted a century -- but it is gone now. can be no guarantee that rthern ireland will remain part of the united kingdom. sinn fÉin is already the largest party. it is a must almost certain to become the largest party in southern ireland. that would mean the first minister in northern ireland -- both from the sinn fÉin party and the party that has committed to irish unity. that is going to create a very inte