Politics

George Mitchell urges Northern Ireland to ‘stick with the peace process’ in Belfast address

Mitchell flew from his home in Florida to Belfast to attend an international conference in Belfast to commemorate the twenty fifth anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement

The former independent chair of the Good Friday Agreement peace asked the delegates at the conference to stand for a moment of silence to remember the 3,500 people who lost their lives. Picture: Getty

George Mitchell, the former independent chair of the Good Friday Agreement peace talks, has called on the current leaders of Northern Ireland to act with the same “courage and vision” as their predecessors.

Mitchell, 89, flew from his home in Florida to Belfast to attend an international conference in Belfast to commemorate the twenty fifth anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.

It was his first major public address since being diagnosed with ...