welcome to the programme. we start in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by then british prime minister tony blair and irish prime minister bertie ahern here in the picture, along with senator george mitchell, the american chairman of the talks. the agreement played a major part in bringing to an end 30 years of conflict known as the troubles. the current british prime minister, rishi sunak, says efforts must be intensified in northern ireland to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit, and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair
welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months to last the end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end,
welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit, and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and balanced and offers hope
self government to northern ireland. but more recently, the power sharing agreement between the protestant and catholic communities has been paralysed. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and balanced, and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the idea of cooperation between communities and set up a new government representing both nationalists and unionists. a copy of it went to every household in northern ireland and almost a million people voted in the referendum that followed. the result as predicted but definitive, northern ireland was ready for change. yes. 71.12%.
which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by then british prime minister tony blair and irish prime minister bertie ahern here in the picture along with senator george mitchell, the american chairman of the talks. the agreement played a major part in bringing to an end 30 years of conflict, known as the troubles. the current british prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified in northern ireland to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ireland.