Good Friday Agreement - 20th anniversary

Summary

Former US president Bill Clinton is in Northern Ireland to mark the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
The agreement helped bring an end to 30 years of sectarian conflict, known as the Troubles
Key players involved in the deal - including ex prime ministers Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern - are also in Belfast
Former US Senator George Mitchell, who chaired the talks, says NI still has far to travel

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Mitchell urges applause for key playerspublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
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The hand of history?published at 14:48 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
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'History will look back on this day'published at 14:43 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
Former US senator George Mitchell, who chaired the talks that led to the Good Friday Agreement, is now speaking to an audience at Queen's University in Belfast.
"History will look back on this day as a reflection of how far we've come in Northern Ireland and how much further we still have to travel," he says.
Governments pledge 'intensification' of talkspublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley and Tanaiste Simon Coveney speak to the media outside Queen's University in Belfast, where a major conference is taking place to mark the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
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Mitchell denies GFA birthday is 'a wake'published at 14:41 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
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GFA at 20: The day so farpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
Political figures from the past mark 20 years since the Good Friday Agreement - and there's time for a quick snap and a protest! Read our news story here.
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Good Friday Agreement 20th anniversary
'Am I angry? Yes, very angry'published at 14:26 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
A former SDLP deputy first minister has expressed frustration at the state of politics in Northern Ireland 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement.
"Politics has been debased and diminished by these two political silos which have almost Balkanised the Northern Ireland that I live in," says Seamus Mallon.
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Let the celebrations beginpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
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Empey: GFA wasn't 'perfect'published at 14:20 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
The Ulster Unionist peer, Lord Empey, says the Good Friday peace deal "was not perfect, is not perfect" but that its opponents "haven't come up with any other narrative."
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On its legacy, he added: "I'm pleased there are young people here today who have at least grown up without having to live through what our generation lived through. If it has done nothing else, it has achieved that."
'We lived it...'published at 14:15 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
Former BBC and Irish News journalist Mary Campbell looks back.
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'Unforgettable' Mo Mowlampublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
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Bertie Ahern: 'Issues have been dealt with'published at 14:08 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern is also attending the event at Queen's.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: "I think the great success of the agreement is that those major issues that we faced this day 20 years ago - of decommissioning of arms, of reforming policing, of the parity of esteem issues, of human rights and equality and the criminal justice system - all of those issues have been dealt with and dealt with fully and successfully in the years since."
David Ervine 'was like a brother'published at 14:07 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
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SDLP's Claire Hanna talks anniversary bluespublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
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The peacemakers: Blair and Clintonpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and ex-US President Bill Clinton on stage at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast in December 2000 - almost two years after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
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According to the Derry Girls...published at 13:57 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
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Say cheese!published at 13:53 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
They say a picture is worth a thousand words! The key players in the Good Friday Agreement posing for a photo outside Queen's University in Belfast.
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Key players in the Good Friday Agreement
Peace 'born out of weariness' of deathpublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
Former US president Bill Clinton says peace in Northern Ireland was born out of weariness of children dying. He was speaking at UCD last night.
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Robinson: Can mark GFA but not 'celebrate' itpublished at 13:47 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
The former First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson has told the BBC that while he can't "celebrate" the Good Friday Agreement, he can mark what was a "significant" event.
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Former First Minister Peter Robinson
Talking about the 1998 peace deal and the 2006 agreement at St Andrews, Mr Robinson said: "At the heart of those agreements was a recognition that because we had such a divided society we needed to have partnership and to get that, there needed to be compromise. That's just as important today as it ever was."
Line up for the cameras!published at 13:41 British Summer Time 10 April 2018
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