to 30 years of the troubles in northern ireland. it involves northern ireland's political parties, as well as the british and irish governments. negotiations took several years and ended on good friday, the 10th of april, 1998 — eight months before i was born. the agreement focused on areas such as culture and civil rights, as well as justice and policing. the deal caused controversy, too, as it meant prisoners in jail for violent crimes linked to the troubles were released early. politicians agreed three main areas. the first thing they agreed was to set up a parliament to deal with local issues. this would be the northern ireland assembly. secondly, they set up a council to develop cooperation on areas like farming and health that would benefit both northern ireland and the republic of ireland. the third thing they set up was a british—irish council to promote the relationship