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
the restoration of notre dame in paris, which was nearly destroyed by fire four years ago, is expected to be finished on schedule. you re watching bbc news. now its time for northern ireland s peace babies. northern ireland, a small place of only 2 million people, once again capturing the attention of the world. presidents and prime ministers past and present have been getting and present have beenjetting into the province to join in celebrations for a political agreement signed here 25 years ago. supporting the people of northern ireland, protecting the peace is a priority. it s regarded as the day that helped and decades of violence here during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. reactions to being signed were largely positive. work the opportunity to come has been fantastic, and it s going to be. some were not convinced. i don t think we will ever see peace. i have come to a town in county down, roughly 20 minutes outside of belfast, and is home to around 6000 people. it s also 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 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
i think politicians need to realise that. nobody is looking for another john hume, but i want somebody of that magnitude that can build people together and kind of create a movement that can better us all, and that s something in the next 25 years we could aim for. but just days after speaking to bethany, donall and ellie jo in derry, and 25 years to the day since the agreement was signed, these were the scenes in the city. people hiding their faces took part in an illegal republican parade, which soon turned violent, with petrol bombs being thrown at a police van. tensions are flaring up again with republican and loyalist paramilitary groups, notjust in derry. but for the young people i ve been speaking to, there s still positivity, optimism and hope around their future on what the next 25 years could bring.