Admittedly we have seen young people interviewed in the media both apparently supporting the murders and being clearly reticent about voicing their opinion. Perhaps this takes some of us by surprise. It is, after all, now more than a decade since the last episodes of this kind. On the other hand, that is no time at all for wounds to heal and long-standing rivalries to dissipate. So it is important to celebrate action and attitude that has clearly bridged the old divide.
Nowhere, for me, was such achievement more poignant than when I heard a young man recount the project in which he had been involved. It culminated in his gaining his choice of the International Award (the award that originated in the UK as the Duke of Edinburgh's Award but has been developed in the north of Ireland in different ways, as it has all over the world).
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