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Peace on this island is not perfect – neither are opinions

While many of the concerns expressed in our editorial 25 years ago were warranted, others simply were not

  • April 9, 2023
The Sunday Business Post editorial from 25 years ago after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement

Following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in April 1998, the Sunday Business Post, as it was then, described the historic peace accord as an “enormous disappointment”.

“This is no deal for nationalist Ireland,” the editorial proclaimed, stating that the deal which ended the Troubles in Northern Ireland after three decades of violence would make Ireland “the laughing stock of Europe”.

While correctly calling out the uncertainties in the deal around the treatment of ...