Is there a non-violent political alternative to Sinn Fein in the nationalist community, or will the dissident republican movement just have to bite the bullet and go 100% democratic if Fianna Fail and the SDLP cannot reach an accommodating merger rather than a shotgun marriage? In his latest Fearless Flying Column, controversial political commentator, Dr John Coulter, reflects on his reporting of the dissident republican terror movement and asks how it can become a credible mainstream nationalist party.
