Labour Party NI: McGuinness death is a body blow to the hopes of victims
The early death of Martin McGuinness is a tragedy for his wife, his family, his friends and his comrades.
It also marks a body blow to the hopes of the victims of the troubles who must have hoped that McGuinness would one day fulfil his promise of full and frank disclosure of his past.
They must fear that he has taken his secrets with him to the grave.
It would be a fitting legacy to his years as deputy first minister if the talks process at Stormont to establish a future assembly were to come to fruition.
Phil Kelly, Chair, Labour Party Northern Ireland