Historic day for Northern Ireland!!

" BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Northern Ireland' s major Protestant and Catholic parties joined together Tuesday to form a power-sharing government, marking a " new era of politics" and an end to three decades of sectarian conflict in the province."

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FINALLY. After years of violence both sides have decided to share power! Finally there will be peace in Northern Ireland.

Just like that? I' m not complaining, but it seems a little too good to be true. Life changing moments like that don' t usually come about in 1 press announcement, but if Ireland can start a trend, the better to them.

This does mean that I' ll be able to check out all of Ireland when I visit.

Story Highlights
• Protestant Ian Paisley sworn in as first minister as power sharing restored
• Sinn Fein' s Martin McGuinness sworn in as deputy first minister
• British PM Tony Blair, Irish PM Bertie Ahern attend ceremony in Belfast
• N. Ireland' s main Protestant and Catholic groups reached agreement March 26

Just like that? I' m not complaining, but it seems a little too good to be true. Life changing moments like that don' t usually come about in 1 press announcement, but if Ireland can start a trend, the better to them.

Well events over the past few months/years have been leading up to this moment. Its just brilliant to see it!
Maybe in my lifetime I will see a united Ireland. I only want it to happen through peaceful and political means.

This does mean that I' ll be able to check out all of Ireland when I visit.

Yep and make sure you check out the west of Ireland.

Hmm, I' m surprised. Maybe there' s still some hope left for humanity after all.

Hmm, I' m surprised. Maybe there' s still some hope left for humanity after all.

Nah, this is just a freak occurrence. Humanity is still ***ed.

EDIT: Hey, did you see that? my " fucked" was fucking censored. That' s bullshit!

ever since the IRA disbanded I have never heard anything from Northern Ireland.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

I haven' t really even been keeping up with recent events in Ireland, so this comes as a bit of a shock. I mean, yeah I know whackjobs aren' t throwing hand-grenades into funerals anymore but I didn' t think it' d just stop.

ever since the IRA disbanded I have never heard anything from Northern Ireland.

Have you been living in a cave Silent?

all the people with the guns on both sides haven' t disappeared they have just realised that doing ordinary organised crime (bank jobs, extortion etc) makes more money and they are less likely to be hassled by the security services.