”* (Ar ndóigh is iomaí duine a
bheadh ar aon tuairim le sin anois i bhfianaise an praiseach a rinne muid dár gcóras baincéireachta le traidfil blianta anuas!)
Ach fán am ar thug Blair faoin phróiseas síochána bhí athruithe móra tagtha ar dheisceart na hÉireann, idir gheilleagar agus dul chun cinn i gcúrsaí cultúir is spóirt: *“In the space of a few years it was no longer the backward old South that was looked down upon, but the North.