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The sister of murdered journalist Lyra McKee received a standing ovation as she followed in her footsteps to deliver a powerful talk at Stormont.<\/p>\nThe sister of murdered journalist Lyra McKee received a standing ovation as she followed in her footsteps to deliver a powerful talk at Stormont.<\/p>\n
The author\u2019s Ted talk about religious education and its impact on the mental health of young LGBT people was viewed thousands of time around the world following her death at the hands of dissident republicans in April.<\/p>\n
Today, four and a half months after Ms McKee\u2019s murder, her sister Nichola Corner delivered her own talk at the TedXStormont event at Parliament Buildings in Belfast.<\/p>\n
She used the tribute address to urge people to build on the outpouring of love witnessed after the killing to finally secure peace in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
Ms McKee, 29, was shot dead by the New IRA as she observed rioting in Derry.<\/p>\n
Mrs Corner stressed the need to reclaim the word \u201cunity\u201d from the dissident extremists responsible for the shooting in Derry\u2019s Creggan area.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat really fires up my imagination is the potential, the potential of what we can achieve if we continue to demonstrate our inherent inclusive nature, just as we did in the aftermath of Lyra\u2019s murder,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are forces outside of this room that seek to draw our attention away from what unites us, ironically using the word unity as their banner \u2013 and we can\u2019t let that happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must not let those who seek to separate us succeed, we must liberate ourselves once and for all from their threat and the threats of others like them to our peace.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must reclaim the word unity for its rightful purpose.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome people have lost sight of the true meaning, they don\u2019t really understand what it means, because for me unity goes way beyond land, it goes way beyond nationalities and it goes beyond labels \u2013 to me unity is a feeling.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a feeling that leads to the outpouring of love that we saw in the aftermath of Lyra\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnity is what the world demonstrated in response to Lyra\u2019s murder and we must continue to build upon it and we must embrace it as our way of life and build on the momentum that was harnessed in April to make sure that we have a peaceful world that we have imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n
In front of a packed audience in the Great Hall of Parliament Buildings, Mrs Corner recollected how she watched with tears in her eyes as her sister delivered her Ted talk in 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cLyra McKee will never be able to enjoy the peace that was promised in 1998, but we must make sure that her life was not in vain by securing peace as her lasting legacy,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know we can do it, I know we can secure peace.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery single thing begins in the imagination and it\u2019s alive in mine now.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we will remain united in the truest sense of the word because, friends, I truly believe that failure is not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n