We have never come this far before. We've never been this close to a lasting settlement in Northern Ireland,

It is also perhaps fitting that here in Northern Ireland a good part of our discussions focused on the Middle East,

Yet here we are for all the difficulties in Northern Ireland able to point back to real improvements in the security and the standards of living,

This year, 2006, is a very decisive year for Northern Ireland.

a step of unparalleled magnitude in the recent history of Northern Ireland.

She transformed the politics not just of Northern Ireland itself, but crucially of relations between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and it was this transformation that created the culture in which peace-making could flourish.