John Hume: Family distance themselves from new Peacemakers museum

The Hume family said they had received further emails from museum organisers, the Gasyard Trust, and said that their mother received text messages, but did not receive a revised concept of the museum following her initial correspondence.

The museum spotlights the roles of the three men, all of whom hailed from the Bogside area of Derry, and the roles they played in the run-up to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

John Hume is regarded as a key architect of that agreement.

Martin McGuinness, a former IRA leader, was Sinn Féin’s chief negotiator during the peace process.

Mitchel McLaughlin, the only one of the three still alive, went on to become a speaker of the Stormont Assembly before he retired from politics.

The historic deal helped bring an end to 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles.