as always, we are joined by our resident co-presenter michelle gillernew. michelle is the current mp for fermana south toront. she has served in the northern ireland assembly as a former minister for agriculture and rural development and chairperson of the health committee amongst other things. michelle has been a shinfian activist since her teams and has been elected almost continuously since 1998. and today's guest is lawrence mcyong. he is a former ira prisoner, author and screenwriter. after sir. life sentence in prison, dr. lawrence mckung obtained a phd in sociology at queens university, belfast. he's also co-founder of the belfast film festival in the mid-1990s. lawrence mcyong, welcome to the show. so lawrence, tell us a bit about your child who grown up? well, i grew up outside rondlestown, um, which is about 20 minutes from here, very mixteria religion wise, and often is odd that i never see the conflict, here is about. religion, it's been politics, but religion has been used as the empire is used, tribal difference or skin color or whatever else,