Bring you the latest developments from around the wilds. With updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. Coronavirus pandemic special coverage on aljazeera. In 1998 the good friday agreement was signed brokering a peace deal between republicans and unionists in Northern Ireland. Nearly a decade later aljazeera visited belfast to explore ongoing divisions in the city. This film youre about to see was 1st broadcast in 2007. Theres not be a lot to laugh about in Northern Ireland over the last 40 years the old mantra for god and our stuff has a new twist these days the fact that its now possible to make a joke about it is a sign of the changing times in Northern Ireland. And yet in many respects belfast the capital of Northern Ireland remains a divided city the physical evidence is there for all to see. The modern history of Northern Ireland has been dominated by one thing the troubles and bitter conflict both political and religious between those claiming to represent
Around the wilds. With updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. Around a virus pandemic special coverage on aljazeera. In 1998 the good friday agreement was signed brokering a peace deal between republicans and unionists in Northern Ireland. Nearly a decade later aljazeera visited belfast to explore ongoing divisions in the city. The film youre about to see was 1st broadcast in 2007. Theres not be a lot to laugh about in Northern Ireland over the last 40 years the old mantra for god and our stuff has a new twist these days the fact that its now possible to make a joke about it is a sign of the changing times in Northern Ireland. And yet in many respects belfast the capital of Northern Ireland remains a divided city the physical evidence is there for all to see. The modern history of Northern Ireland has been dominated by one thing the troubles and bitter conflict both political and religious between those claiming to represent the predominantly catholic nationalis
Border so i mean everything in Northern Ireland is affected in some way by this division so youre talking about how to sort the police can you get the politicians to Work Together can you then get schools to start to educate people in a different way how do people at local level actually stop just walking past each other but start to run things together and a lot of our work was really just almost stepping out on to that ice trying to find the practical ways forward on an interface you know in the trade unions in the workplace in schools and it was in many ways an experiment how do you do it i mean and we found quite a lot of different answers for that in different ways you see we who you speak of well i think theres a kind of Different Levels of we i was in the Community Relations council and i was a very much involved in trying to support and develop those kind of initiative so we were actually looking for them but we were doing that i suppose on behalf of the whole community and rea
Was back in business emboldened by the success the teacher called an election in the republic only to find the trouble he got bogged down in domestic issues should fade gain credibility from being back in government in the north the subsequent electoral breakthrough means that shin fein are competing for Political Leadership in both the north out of the sofa violent and on a platform of seeking a border people so what do these developments mean for the future of Northern Ireland as will become clear the process of brics it unplayed changes taking place in Arlington North and south has caused all sorts searching the new thinking among both the nationalist im unionists communities now back to alex in belfast. A Peace Process requires peace makers politicians with the imagination to leap across history but it also has to be understood today i speak to professor Duncan Murrell nonviolence foremost i could emic on the subject of anti bigotry and reconciliation between communities. Well prof
Actually for us it was trying to find practical ways into that right along the border so i mean everything in Northern Ireland is affected in some way by this division so youre talking about how to sort the police can you get the politicians to Work Together can you then get schools to start to educate people in a different way how do people at local level actually stop just walking past each other but start to run things together and a lot of our work was really just almost stepping i dont know that ice trying to find the practical ways forward on an interface you know in the trade unions in the workplace in schools and it was in many ways an experiment how do you do it i mean and we found quite a lot of different answers for that in different ways you see we who you speak well i think theres a kind of Different Levels we i was in the Community Relations council and i was a very much involved in trying to support and develop those kind of initiative so we were actually looking for the