Read more Ian Paisley stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4027/ian-paisley.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 02:14:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20729/top-n-ireland-minister-will-step-down.htmlMatt Cantor<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=80593&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401020918' border='0' />Northern Ireland’s influential first minister, Ian Paisley, will step down in May, Reuters reports. The Protestant evangelist, 81, helped soothe religious strife in the province when he agreed to share power with Catholics last year after decades of fueling the conflict, the AP reports. "I've achieved my aims," Paisley said...Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley speaks to reporters outside Stormont Castle buildings, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in this June 30, 1999 file photo. Paisley, 81, the Protestant evangelist who leads Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration, said today he is quitting as the leader of his Democratic Unionist Party. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, file)http://www.newser.com/story/20729/top-n-ireland-minister-will-step-down.htmlTue, 04 Mar 2008 17:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/2013/northern-ireland-launches-historic-power-share.htmlSam Gale Rosen<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=4008&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035201' border='0' />Protestant and Catholic leaders pledged to cooperate as Northern Ireland inaugurated a power-sharing government today, ending a deadly decades-long conflict. Protestant leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness will serve as first minister and deputy first minister, respectively. Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams hailed "a new era of politics...Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, Northern Ireland's First Minister Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Ireland's Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, from left, stand in front of a statue of Northern Ireland's First Prime Minister Lord Craigavon in the grand foyer of Stormont Parliamentary Building, Belfast, Tuesday May 8, 2007. The unopposed election of Democratic Unionist Party chief Paisley and Irish Republican Army veteran McGuinness to lead a new 12-member administration heralded an astonishing new era for Northern Ireland following decades of bloodshed and political stalemate that left 3,700 dead. (AP Photo/Niall Carson, Pool)http://www.newser.com/story/2013/northern-ireland-launches-historic-power-share.htmlTue, 08 May 2007 08:58:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/886/ian-paisley-does-the-unthinkable.html<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=1837&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035636' border='0' />"Watching this stooped white-haired man reverse a lifetime's course made one feel that change might be possible in other intractable situations," writes Trudy Rubin of Ian Paisley's meeting with Gerry Adams to agree on power sharing in Northern Ireland. The "other situation" Rubin has in mind is for the Middle... The Rev. Ian Paisley, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, leaves a crucial executive party meeting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, March 24, 2007. The DUP met to discuss if they will go for a deal in sharing power with the mainly Catholic Sinn Fein party as the March 26 deadline for devolution nears. (AP Photo / Peter Morrison) http://www.newser.com/story/886/ian-paisley-does-the-unthinkable.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2007 19:01:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/853/irish-rivals-unite-for-self-rule.htmlCaroline Miller<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=1766&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035643' border='0' />Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams sat down together yesterday and agreed to a power sharing deal for Northern Ireland that would include their rival parties. A British deadline to disband the national assembly if a pact wasn't forthcoming jump-started the negotiations, after four years of stalled talks. The coalition government...Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley, left, and Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams speak to the media during a press conference at the Stormont Assembly building in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday March 26, 2007. Sitting side by side for the first time in history, the leaders of Northern Irelandhttp://www.newser.com/story/853/irish-rivals-unite-for-self-rule.htmlTue, 27 Mar 2007 12:05:22 CDT