Reviving the historic “Good Friday” agreement ends the dispute in Ireland. The Irish Nationalist Separatist Party had been unable to form an executive government due to the Unionist Party's refusal to join it.
The power-sharing agreement reached restored calm to Ireland and stabilized relations with Britain. Michelle O'Neill is one of the political figures that emerged in the period after the end of the armed conflict in Northern Ireland. This is the first time that a woman has held the position in the British Province.