Tag: Good Friday agreement

• Wednesday, April 12th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  The Good Friday Agreement that helped end The Troubles

  

  The 1998 deal was the culmination of years of talks which helped end decades of violence known as the Troubles. The conflict pitted largely Protestant unionists who preferred to stay part of the UK against largely Catholic republicans, who wanted to be united with the Republic of Ireland in the south.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Biden does not want an Ireland/UK guarded border; insists on Good Friday peace deal

  

  U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said on Tuesday he did not want to see a guarded border between Ireland and the United Kingdom, adding that he had previously discussed the matter with the British and Irish prime ministers and other European leaders.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 10:04 UTC

  Nancy Pelosi visiting Ireland warns about “any weakening” of the Good Friday Agreement

  

  US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has begun an official visit to the Republic of Ireland. Speaking on the eve of her visit, she said there would be “no chance whatsoever” of a post-Brexit trade deal between the US and UK if there were any weakening of the Good Friday Agreement.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 08:56 UTC

  Hard Brexit puts at risk the Good Friday Agreement, Tony Blair tells BBC

  

  The Good Friday Agreement is “at risk because of Brexit” after the UK leaves the EU, former prime minister Tony Blair has told the BBC. UK and Irish membership of the EU was “central” to the 1998 deal, he told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend. Free movement on the border had been key to reaching an agreement, he said.

• Wednesday, October 4th 2017 - 08:09 UTC

  Good Friday agreement must not be damaged by Brexit, says EU parliament coordinator

  

  European Parliament's Brexit coordinator has said he got a “shock” on his recent visit to Belfast when he saw the city's peace walls. Guy Verhofstadt described Northern Ireland as having a “frozen conflict”, and said the Good Friday Agreement must not be damaged by Brexit.