History made on the first day of business

WITH the eyes of history upon them, the peace process entered yet another historic phase.

History  made on the first day of business

Yesterday, with Sinn Féin primed to conduct a relay of media interviews on the plinth of Leinster House, its team of four begun a slow steady march from the Dáil toward the photographers.

They were left idly standing when the man famed for his anti-Sinn Féin sentiments arrived for his Seanad debut as one the Taoiseach’s 11 appointments and became encircled by delirious photographers sensing a scoop.

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