Michael Brennan: 'McGuinness exit leaves a huge gap at the heart of Sinn Féin'
There are plenty of replacements - but none with McGuinness’s political personality and history
It truly is the end of an era. Martin McGuinness has been at the heart of first the IRA’s armed campaign to achieve a United Ireland - and then at the centre of Sinn Féin’s campaign to do the same through the ballot box.
As Deputy First Minister, he welcomed the Irish cricket team to Stormont in 2007 alongside First Minister Ian Paisley.
He even managed to fit in a run for the ...
