Devolved government - A new day dawns in the North

HISTORY was made in the North yesterday when democracy returned to one of Europe’s most troubled regions as once sworn enemies, Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness, set the fledgling devolved government back on course.

What was unthinkable just a few short years ago has become reality.

For its war-weary people, the North’s bloodshed and violence are over.