northern ireland in the 25 years of peace young people, like amy clint, born in 2000, whose parent like to tell a story about how she came home from her first day of secondary school an asked what s the differenc between a protestant and a catholic what s the difference between protestant and a catholic? she didn t grow up thinking in sectarian divides. joining us now, finta o toole, columnist and write for the irish times. he is the author of the ne york times bestselling book we don t know ourselves, personal history of modern ireland. and fintan o toole, for us it pretty surprising that a kid could now grew up in belfast and get all the way to hig school before wondering what s the difference between a protestant and catholic. and when i heard that question today i thought, oh, there is question, there is a questio for o toole tonight.
they were still that ethic, th fundamental belief in politics in america that transferre itself into other parts of the world to say, look, this can b done - as you were quoting there, w are not doomed to just continually repeating over and over again the same mistakes and i think if it wasn t - if we didn t have that sort of sense of american optimism that can do attitude, it s possible this conflict could still be going on today. maybe if ireland has one thing to get back to america now i might be to say perhaps yo guys need to recover that sens of political stability for yourself fintan o toole, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it pleasure. we ll be right back could we have been someone else if we had taken a right turn instead of a left? or if we had taken the place with the hot tub
more officers onto front line duties and hundreds of other extra officers have been brought into belfast ahead of the visit of the us president next week. these warnings come weeks after mi5 raised the terror threat in northern ireland to severe , meaning an attack is likely. live now to fintan o toole, journalist at the irish times. thank you so much forjoining us this evening, fenton. can i ask you to first of all take us back 25 years? at such a momentous anniversary this weekend. what are your memories, what you remember about how it played out s the about how it played out s ii ué overwhelming sense about how it played out s the overwhelming sense of tension. it s easyin overwhelming sense of tension. it s easy in retrospect to think a well of course the deal was always going to be done, but it did not feel like it at the time. the stars seem to be aligning. the engaged american administration with bill clinton. you have tony blair at his prime, not long in office. you have a ve
to proceed, pastor coffin, and in the houses of parliament, her funeral will be held across the street in westminster abby. it is going to hurt her body to windsor castle, and will be entered alongside her husband. matt bradley, thank you for that report, i appreciate it. fintan o toole, joining us, next. ining us next to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here s a pool party. look what i brought! liberty mutual! they customize your home insurance. so you only pay for what you need! young people having a good time with insurance. young people. good times. insurance! only pay for what you need. liberty liberty. liberty. liberty.
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