IRA violence might not die with McGuinness

Brexit could inflame tensions if the border hardens between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Martin McGuinness, an IRA leader turned deputy first minister in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, died last week at age 66.Photograph courtesy of Sinn Fein

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

March 29, 2017

LONDON, U.K.—Martin McGuinness, who began as a terrorist and ended up as deputy first minister in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, died peacefully in hospital last week at age 66. His career spanned almost five decades in the history of that small but troubled place. By resigning fr...

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