BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland, March 27 — It is known as the heart of Paisley Protestant country, the town that started the long political career of the Rev. Ian Paisley, the hard-line Northern Ireland Protestant leader once nicknamed “Dr. No.â€
But a day after Mr. Paisley did the once-unthinkable by agreeing with his Catholic republican archenemy Gerry Adams to form a joint administration for the province, many shoppers and workers in Ballymena, a busy market town 27 miles northwest of Belfast, said their leader had done the right thing by finally saying “Yes.â€...