Why Micheal Martin's elevation as Taoiseach marks nothing less than the end of the Irish Civil War

The word "historic" is often bandied about in the lexicon of Irish political life, but much of it is startling, rather than historic. When Fianna Fail's Micheal Martin becomes the next Taoiseach, he will do so on the back of the most historic deal ever made in Irish politics since the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on January 9, 1922.