We Lost The American Colonies Because We

What Were Once Only Hopes For The Future Have Now Come To Pass; It Is Almost Exactly 13 Years Since The Overwhelming Majority Of People In Ireland And Northern Ireland Voted In Favour Of The Agreement Signed On Good Friday 1998, Paving The Way For Northern Ireland To Become The Exciting And Inspirational Place That It Is Today.

I Have To Be Seen To Be Believed.

[on Being Criticized For Her Serious Expression:] I Simply Ache From Smiling. Why Are Women Expected To Beam All The Time? It's Unfair. If A Man Looks Solemn, It's Automatically Assumed He's A Serious Person, Not A Miserable One.

To All Those Who Have Suffered As A Consequence Of Our Troubled Past I Extend My Sincere Thoughts And Deep Sympathy. With The Benefit Of Historical Hindsight We Can All See Things Which We Would Wish Had Been Done Differently Or Not At All.

It Has Turned Out To Be An Annus Horribilis.