I try not to get pulled into political debates, the man was commander in the IRA who were responsible for many shocking atrocities, but the simple fact from my personal perspective is that my kids have thankfully grown up in a country much different than the one I grew up in, and that most certainly would not have happened were it not for his contribution to the peace process here and more specifically his negotiations within the IRA to bring about the ceasefire first and subsequently the decommissioning of their weapons.
It's a hugely complex situation and opinions will be polarised, my Facebook feed today was interesting to say the least lol