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In April 1998, the Good Friday Agreement brought an end to the
bloodshed that had engulfed Northern Ireland for thirty years. It
was lauded worldwide as an example of an iconic peace process to
which other divided societies should aspire. Today, the region has
avoided returning to the bloodshed of the Troubles, but the peace
that exists is deeply troubled and far from stable. The botched
Parliament at Stormont lumbers from crisis to crisis and society
remains deeply divided. At the time of writing, Sinn Fein and the
DUP are refusing to share power and Northern Ireland faces direct
rule from London. Meanwhile, Brexit poses a serious threat to the
country's hard-won stability. Twenty years on from the historic
accord, journalist Siobhan Fenton revisits the Good Friday
Agreement, exploring its successes and failures, assessing the
extent to which Northern Ireland has been able to move on from the
Troubles, and analysing the recent collapse of power-sharing at
Stormont. This remarkable book re-evaluates the legacy of the Good
Friday Agreement and asks what needs to change to create a healthy
and functional politics in Northern Ireland.
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