It is extremely difficult, there is no hiding that fact.

It's a contract year and there's no hiding that fact, ... I've got 10 games to show what I can do. I want to go out and play great and hopefully keep us on the right path.

If they don't, we will intensify every single effort that I can physically and possibly do legislatively, and with the security forces, to break these organizations,

Whoever is behind any of the various community violence, anywhere, whether it's republican or loyalist, we're determined to do all we can to de-escalate that and to get on with it.

There is absolutely no excuse for the disgraceful scenes in Dublin today. It is the essence of Irish democracy and republicanism that people are allowed to express their views freely and in a peaceful manner.

We have reached a point in the process where the parties must decide. We are giving them a reasonable but finite time to do so.