In the address that he made on Saturday - to mark the centenary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant - Mr McCallister said recent shared commemorations, shared events and shared statements gave the impression that the unity train had left the station.

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Yet, after months of hard work, the innovation train had not even left the station, much less reached its destination.

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My view was that the train had already derailed before it left the station, and the challenge was for IRS to get it back on track.

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When the train left Tokyo Station, Tengo took out the paperback that he had brought along.

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For breakfast, he ate what was left of a packet of peanuts he had bought on the train.

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Supporters of Nightingale said the pistol had been given to him by Iraqi soldiers he had helped to train and it had been packed by colleagues after he had left Iraq quickly to help organise the funerals of two comrades.

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