Thank god though that no matter what it took to get to this point of understanding in this place of ceaseless turmoil, these former hateful and desperate leaders have come to terms of peace for their communities.
 Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Paisley and McGuinness pledge to govern for a better
future
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the British prime minister Tony Blair
sat in the VIP visitors' gallery of Parliament Buildings, Stormont,
as Dr Paisley and Mr McGuinness affirmed pledges of office to work
together in the interests of all the people of Northern Ireland and
to support the police and the criminal justice system.
In a day marked by formality and human touches, DUP leader Dr
Paisley and Sinn Féin MP and former IRA leader Mr McGuinness
were appointed First Minister and Deputy First Minister to lead a
Northern Executive of 10 Ministers.
The Rev Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness forged a historic
compromise between unionism and nationalism yesterday at Stormont
by agreeing to share power in a new Northern Ireland
government.
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