NORTHERN IRELAND: Politics: Devolution: Royal Assent

NORTHERN IRELAND: Politics: Devolution: Royal Assent; ITN NORTHERN IRELAND: Belfast: Stormont: GV Irish Government Ministers including Liz O'Donnell towards into room to meet Northern Ireland counterparts David Trimble MP (Northern Ireland First Minister) and Seamus Malley MP (Deputy First Minister) (11 secs) EXT Liz O'Donnell (Irish Junior Foreign Minister) interviewed SOT - Always felt we'd get here in the end / tribute to previous Governments and this Government and many people in Northern Ireland who have worked very hard NIGHT GV Traffic towards along street decorated with Christmas lights PAN LA Christmas tree lit up GV Shoppers along with Christmas tree in front of civic building in b/g GVs Shoppers along on street with Christmas decorations (Seq = 17 secs) INT David Trimble MP (Northern Ireland First Minister) speaking at press conference SOT - For decades we've had talking shops, we're not having talking shops anymore / we're going to have an institution with responsibility - thats going to change the culture in terms of how politics in NIreland is conducted and not before time EXT/NIGHT i/c