In March 2007, the St Andrews Agreement was implemented, leading to the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the formation of a new power-sharing executive. The agreement, which was signed in 2006, required the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin to share power, with Ian Paisley as First Minister and Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister. The implementation of the St Andrews Agreement was a major step forward for the peace process.

The implementation of the St Andrews Agreement is a subject of political poetry, with writers celebrating the restoration of power-sharing. The agreement is often contrasted with the suspension of the Assembly, creating a sense of progress. The poetry of the period reflects the hope and optimism of the peace process, a theme that would persist in the literature of the late 2000s.