Northern Ireland offers hope for peace

Northern Ireland’s Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams sitting side by side, talking agreeably, was a sight many people thought they would never live to see. Paisley, leader of the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party, and Adams, leader of the Catholic Shinn Fein Party, struck a deal for a new provincial government in which both parties would cooperate.
“Those pictures of Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams will resonate around the world,” Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain said. “If after the last 40 years or more they can talk, anything and everything is possible for Northern Ireland.”
The agreement should also give hope to others who strive for peace elsewhere.
Posted by Patrice Hein