Business

Danny McCoy: Unprecedented prosperity is a dividend of 25 years of peace

As businesses reflect on the remarkable period of growth that the Good Friday Agreement has facilitated and underpinned, it is imperative that the uncertain political landscape in the North be resolved

Stormont: the ongoing political paralysis and the uncertainty it brings weighs heavily on investors’ minds and risks eroding hard-earned gains from the peace process

Next month sees the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the landmark United Nations-registered international agreement between Britain and Ireland that laid the foundations in bringing forward a shared peace process.

As we approach this significant milestone, it is important that businesses reflect on the remarkable period of prosperity that the agreement has facilitated and underpinned.

It has had a transformative effect, delivering significant economic and social prosperity for both the ...