A former republican prisoner has recalled how he and poet Seamus Heaney reconciled with a handshake and a hug - after he previously requested he should write more about those imprisoned during the Troubles. The reflection by Danny Morrison - previously the communications director for Sinn Fein - comes in response to Irish writer Susan McKay criticising his interpretation of Heaney's 1984 collection of poems entitled Station Island - a series of works exploring the poet's relationship with the Troubles. The debate is in the wake of the row over Seamus Heaney's image being included in the UK Government's Northern Ireland centenary campaign.