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A week ago the Assembly met for its first substantive session in two years. The speeches were mostly filled with optimism, ambition and promises that this time Stormont will deliver.
Work on the Larne border control post is pushing ahead despite last week’s DUP deal to return to Stormont.
The DUP have maxed out their credit card with the unionist community in advancing their claims over the past week. It’s now time to pay the bill, and people like me and Jim Allister are the debt collectors knocking at the door.
On a day like today, Northern Ireland’s problems seemed far away. Smiling photos of Michelle O’Neill, Emma Little Pengelly, Rishi Sunak and Leo Varadkar — and even a warm hug between the new First Minister and the Prime Minister — gave the impression that where once all was broken, now all is well.
Stormont’s new leaders put on a united front as the Prime Minister and Taoiseach visited Belfast today to celebrate the restoration of devolved government after two years.