Had many ups and downs in the peace process. the paramilitary organizations, as you say, continue to exist. in particular , they exert control and intimidation amongst the most vulnerable communities and we also have a situation in which the power sharing institutions haven't functioned for too much of the time. i think in the past 25 years, and yet we have seen society transformed. we don't have political violence and we have a new generation. who um, almost take peace for granted. they think of northern ireland as a fairly normal society, and i teach in queens university and it's a real priv...