supporting the people of northern ireland, protecting the peace, preserving the belfast good friday agreement is a priority. it s regarded as the day that helped and decades of violence here during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. reactions to it being signed were largely positive. for the generation to come, it will be fantastic, one of the greatest things in our history, anyway. some were not convinced. i don t think we will ever see peace. it ll take something different. i have come to dromore, a town in county down, roughly 20 minutes outside of belfast, and is home to around 6000 people. it s also where i grew up and went to school. i was born in 1998, the year the good friday agreement was signed here in northern ireland. it means i grew up after the troubles ended and didn t have to worry as much as maybe my parents did, for example, about getting caught up in the conflict happening here.
photos of it to their parents. and they were saying, 0h, is this not weird, having it in your house? to me, it sjust my granddad. 100 miles back up the road is belfast, northern ireland s capital city. during the troubles, it was the scene of many brutal attacks and killings but also, is where some talks were held and the good friday agreement signed. today, it s a modern city, attracting tourists from all over the world who want to learn about its past and the peace process. but in some areas of the city, like here in west belfast, where walls that separate the two sides of the community tower over houses and, in some cases, run through people s back gardens peace isn t something that s a certainty. siren wails shouting just two years ago, riots broke out by the peace line at lanark way. police officers were attacked, petrol bombs thrown and a bus was set on fire. police said paramilitary organisations were likely
because of the whatever, the low land rates or whatever, is belfast. it s a tech hub of europe, etc, etc, etc. none of that would have been possible pre the good friday agreement because none of nobody would ve wanted to come here and set up a business where somebody could just blow it to pieces. it s it s not a good business decision. like, it s simply not. and that s why the good friday agreement is so important because you can interpret it in so many different ways as well, in terms of a historical document, a cultural document but it s also an economic document in that it has helped us gain some semblance of peace here and a ceasefire which has allowed places to open businesses and, ultimately, do better for our country. so, how does your immediate family and yourfriends and that react whenever you told them you wanted to pursue a career in the arts? my immediate family were all very supportive cos they used
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80s and 90s. reactions to it being signed were largely positive. for the generation to come, it will be fantastic, one of the greatest things in our history, anyway. some were not convinced. i don t think we will ever see peace. it ll take something different. i have come to dromore, a town in county down, roughly 20 minutes outside of belfast, and is home to around 6000 people. it s also where i grew up and went to school. i was born in 1998, the year the good friday agreement was signed here in northern ireland. it means i grew up after the troubles ended and didn t have to worry as much as maybe my parents did, for example, about getting caught up in the conflict happening here. me and others like me born after it was signed are known as peace babies and i m keen