Paisleyland warms to burying past attacks

IAN PAISLEY’S transformation from hate-baiter-in-chief to fluffy cuddle-monger continues to astound.

The bitterest of winds was blowing through his Ballymena heartland yesterday, but he still managed to seduce Bertie Ahern with the warmest of welcomes.

How different to the not so distant days when he would pelt a visiting Taoiseach’s car with snowballs and bile.