Hume’s son believes the prospect of the presidency was ‘never under serious consideration’
Former president Mary McAleese and Dr Martin McAleese with John Hume and his wife Pat at a reception in Áras an Uachtaráin in 2011. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh
It is one of a number of observations contained in John Hume: The Persuader, by former BBC Northern Ireland political correspondent Stephen Walker, which is published next week. The book sheds new light on the discussions which went on behind the scenes after Mr Hume’s name was mooted as a potential presidential candidate.
In April 1998 the Belfast Agreement was signed, which largely ended the North’s Troubles. Later that year Mr Hume was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize along with the Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble for their role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland.
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