Good Friday Agreement
Martin Mansergh: So much has been achieved ‘in harmony and friendship’ – and much more can be too
The North’s situation now invites northern political parties to focus on political, economic and social progress rather than on constitutional differences
The conclusion of the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998 will remain a major landmark in Irish history. From one perspective, it closed intermittent armed conflict begun with the Easter Rising and ending only as the 20th century drew to a close. It was exactly 75 years since the death of Republican leader Liam Lynch on April 10, 1923, after being shot on the Knockmealdown Mountains in Co Tipperary, which effectively ended the Civil ...