Supporting the people of Northern Ireland, protecting the peace, preserving the belfast good friday agreement is a priority. Its 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 dont think we will ever see peace. Itll 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. Its 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 didnt 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 im keen to find out where
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 dont think we will ever see peace. Itll 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. Its 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 didnt 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 im keen to find out where they think Northern Ireland could be in the next 25 years. Just across from where i am now is my old school, dromore high. Theres me chuckles. I left here in 2017, but its where i was first taught about the
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 to find out where they think northern ireland could be in the next 25 years. just across from where i am now is my old school, dromore high. there s me! chuckles. i left here in 2017, but it s where i was firs
for giving so many hope back in 1998. we in the stlp concluded many years ago that we couldn t lay the basis for agreement against a background of violence or disorder. that is why we entered into the process of dialogue to do everything in our power to bring peace to our streets. 0llie, explain to me who your granddad is. ah, well, my granddad isjohn hume. he was a politician in northern ireland. he worked during the troubles and worked during the peace process and on the good friday agreement, and he sort of helped bring the two sides together. well, i guess how i knew him, he was always in the house i in donegal and he d l always be sat in the there s, like, an armchair. in the sitting room and he d always be sat there and he d i always have the crossword out. he loved petit filous. the yoghurts? yeah, the yoghurts, yeah! i think my granny had to hide all, like, the chocolates- and sweets and yoghurts and basically anything i
the good friday agreement, or the belfast agreement, was a deal to help bring an end 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.