Paisley and McGuinness sworn in as power-sharing revived

Matt Weaver and agencies
Tuesday May 8, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

The Rev Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness today became Northern Ireland's first minister and deputy first minister at the start of a new era of power-sharing in the province.

With the prime minister, Tony Blair, the Irish taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and other VIPs watching in the public gallery of the Northern Ireland assembly, the Democratic Unionist leader and the former IRA commander swept aside decades of enmity as they were sworn into office.

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