Ray Bassett played a key role in the Irish government’s talks team during the Good Friday Agreement negotiations. Here, he recounts the view from inside the negotiation room
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams (R) talks to Martin McGuinness, the party's number two, at the packed hall where the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis (annual party conference) was being held at the RDS in Dublin 18 April. Sinn Fein is to decide whether to accept the Northern Ireland peace agreement reached in Belfast last week. (Photo credit should read ALAN LEWIS/AFP/GettyImages)
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PACEMAKER BELFAST 10/04/98 SDLP leaders John Hume, Seamus Mallon and Eddie McGraddy talk to the press after the deal at Stormont today. PICTURE BY PAUL FAITH/PACEMAKER
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PACEMAKER BELFAST 25/6/99 Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble (centre) leads his talks team of Geffrey Donaldson and reg Empey into talks with the British and Irish Covernment's at Stormont this afternoon. PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON/PACEMAKER PRESS
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PACEMAKER BELFAST 10/04/98 Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Aherne shake on their deal at Stormont castle this evening. PICTURE BY PAUL FAITH/PACEMAKER
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