My prediction is that McGuinness will neither be totally right nor totally wrong in his prediction. There'll be by then much more (even official) ties between both 'Irelands' than now but there'll be no political union yet.

So both the Unionists and the Nationalists will be able to say that it goes (has gone) their way. Like they do now when they have conflicting interpretations of the same basic facts. Perhaps that's for a considerable time the only viable solution: Agree on something that everybody else sees as a compromise between the positions but allow the two conflicting parties to sell it as a victory to their respective communities. As long as the disagreement on the interpretation is restricted to words most people in Northern Ireland will be happy.

Wolfgang