Band of brothers end decades of despair

Tuesday, May the eighth, 2007. Remember the date, the day peace returned to Northern Ireland.

Legacy? How's this for a legacy!



Northern Ireland, a truly breathtaking land. From Derry in the North-West down to Newcastle on the Eastern coast, through the rolling hills of the Glenshayne Pass, where the Mountains of Mourne, with patchwork fields below, roll down to the sea, a land of beauty, of tranquility upon the calm and steady waters of Lough Neagh, a sea of serenity.

Never again shall this landscape be scarred.

But enough words, enough talk; sit back, enjoy the music and remember the past, and with hope in your heart look forward to the future:-



Because politics works; because peace, real peace, really is better than hatred, violence and death.

Watch a report of today's historic proceedings, this eighth day of May's momentous events, over on the BBC News website.