Gordon Brown Hails Stormont Vote To Devolve Policing And Justice Powers -- Times OnlineGordon Brown tonight hailed as “the final end” to the Irish peace process a decision by the Northern Ireland Assembly to devolve policing and justice powers from Westminster, as a political row continued over David Cameron’s relationship with the Ulster Unionist Party.
Today's vote on the Hillsborough Agreement brokered between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein ends recent instability in the province’s power-sharing institutions, caused by a lengthy standoff between the two parties and exacerbated by a sexual and financial scandal involving Peter Robinson, the DUP leader and First Minister.
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