martin mcguinness had to act. martin mcguinness shut the scheme down. they responded to the public.. arrogance, disrespect and content.” something wrong. arrogance, disrespect and content. i have to deal with corruption as well. there has been plenty of allegations. plenty of allegations. would it have not been better to have had the public inquiry first and then had the election? then we would have had the election? then we would have had the full tax everybody to make a judgment. instead, what we have is political manoeuvring by sinn fein. what about respect, michelle? what we need to do is to have... what about respect for the public?|j we need to do is to have... what about respect for the public? i may be the target but it is the people of northern ireland who are the victims in this. we have the health service with waiting lists and the health minister seems to be content. i accept all the leaders need to know what they can. what i can't understand is how the government members who have the inside track, they don't communicate with each other about this. they have not informed

the power—sharing government fell apart last month after the deputy first minister, martin mcguinnessreakdown of relations between the unionist dup and the nationalists of sinn fein. bitter words between the former coalition partners have fuelled memories of divisive elections from northern ireland's troubled past, as chris buckler reports. well, one place that the polls so far and our own computer can't really help us is northern ireland. how elections are reported has changed over the decades. the real issue before the ulster voters has not been power—saving, but power—sharing. but in northern ireland, it sometimes feels like the politics haven't changed much. throughout the years, votes have often been presented as a battle between irish nationalism and british unionism and it's clear those old divisions run deep in the bad blood of this current campaign. well, the reality is in northern ireland, we don't have enough respect for orangemen to walk down a road for ten minutes. this heated election follows the collapse of stormont‘s power—sharing government and there is frustration am

the power—sharing government fell apart last month after the deputy first minister, martin mcguinnessen the dup and sinn fein. bitter words between the former coalition partners have fuelled memories of divisive elections from northern ireland's past, as chris buckler reports. archive: well, one place that the polls so far and our own computer can't really help us is northern ireland. how elections are reported has changed over the decades. archive: the real issue before the ulster voters has not been power—saving, but power—sharing. but in northern ireland, it sometimes feels like the politics haven't changed much. throughout the years, votes have often been presented as a battle between irish nationalism and british unionism and it's clear those old divisions run deep in the bad blood of this current campaign. well, the allegation is that in northern ireland we don't have enough respect for 0rangemen to walk down a road for 10 minutes. that's different! this heated election follows the collapse of stormont‘s power—sharing government and there is frustration among voters following al

martin mcguinness who made the journey from ira leader to deputy first minister stepped down.predecessor. but she's been criticised for speaking at an ira commemoration during this campaign. for young fellows that found themselves in extraordinary circumstances. they were also four young men who were involved in an ira attack... will always have a different narrative on the past but that's where we need to get to in society, where we understand that we have a different narrative. it's undeniable that the peace process has changed northern ireland for the better but pictures political togetherness seem somewhat dated now. it could take months to get an agreement that will allow power—sharing to return at stormont. chris buchler, bbc news, belfast. sutton united's reserve goalkeeper has resigned from the club after being investigated by the fa for potentially breaching betting rules. wayne shaw was caught on camera eating a pie during the club's fa cup tie with arsenal. before the match a bookmaker had offered odds on the goalkeeper doing just that. joe wilson has the story. way

she doesn't seem to have that same baggage as perhaps martin mcguinness gerry adams has.me old thing going on and on and what we really need is the respect of both sections of the community and all the other people in the community and when we get that respect and that means truly leaving aside all bitterness and hatred, and actually looking at what can build together. the thing is if you look at this election campaign we are looking at leading bitterness and divisiveness behind, but if anything i think many people will feel it has come to the fore. it is still very better and a lot of people say it will go back to the same old, same old. iam will go back to the same old, same old. i am looking to see change and people are looking to see sdlp, ulster unionist party on. possibly this is the chance sinn fein has delayed the executive. from 1998 this has been a purely unionist led executive and this could be the chance had a different type of leadership. and they have been talking about the potentially sinn fein first minister but some think thatis fein first minister but so

the election was triggered when the deputy first minister — sinn fein's martin mcguinness — resignedocratic unionist party about a green energy scheme scandal. his resignation led to the collapse of stormont‘s power sharing government. our ireland correspondent, chris buckler, joins me from belfast. i'm standing inside the debate studio for the northern ireland leaders debate tonight. it was really about a botched green energy scheme that brought storm down but this election campaign has gone further than that, the device had been on show between the dup on sinn fein and the readers will be amongst those standing on the stage tonight. let's ta ke those standing on the stage tonight. let's take a look at the campaign with alice morrish from the irish news. it has felt divisive and at times on the sectarian. like an election from the old days. it is like an election from the early 19905 like an election from the early 1990s but we knew it was going to be like this because the scandal that brought the entire showdown had landed on the dup door so they were always going to have to deflec

there were no steps taken when a martin mcguinness decided to end the government in january and justndal. martin mcguinness, one of the greatest peacemakers from the national side, felt there was no credibility left. i think we're getting an idea of how the election is proving. there have been ones that haven't felt on the border of sectarianism from your party, the dup fighting this campaign very hard. is sinn fein the enemy? it is a hallmark of immature government with things like that happen we try and find solutions. arlene foster said clearly would have an enquiry and find out what we nt have an enquiry and find out what went wrong but also was put in place of mitigations to prevent any more problems. she was willing to do that and in view we could have got through this if we talk about this and have sensible head and address the issues. you did not address the question, and in the enemy? that is how they are presented. gritters in government —— this is a coalition government —— this is a coalition government and that is not always easy. in the uk government and the lib dems as

the election was triggered when the deputy first minister — sinn fein‘s martin mcguinness — resigneduch heated debate and discussion over the years and at times it is felt like a pretty bad tempered election campaign. tonight the leaders of the main parties here will go head—to—head once again, this time in the bbc studios in belfast, as pa rt in the bbc studios in belfast, as part ofan in the bbc studios in belfast, as part of an election debate. before that we can get words from some of the smaller parties. stephen agnew from the green party first. your inside stormont, working with these parties. is power—sharing really working because time and again we see these fights between the dup and sinn fein and it has led to collapse. they have had ten years to stabilise government and they have wasted the opportunity. i think a lot of people could almost predict what is going to happen in the debate tonight and i think it is time for new voices, new parties and a new type of politics. but the truth is taking a look at the history of elections here, people vote for the big blocks, unionis