The Good Friday Agreement largely ended the 'Troubles,' three decades of violence that had racked Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. It was signed on April 10, 1998 - which fell that year on Good Friday
Dissident republicans take part in an anti-Good Friday Agreement rally, on the 25th anniversary of the peace deal, in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh KilcoyneMarch 28 - The Good Friday Agreement largely ended the "Troubles", three decades of violence that had racked Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. It was signed on April 10, 1998 - which fell that year on Good Friday in the Christian Easter holiday.
More than 3,600 people were killed over the next 30 years, mostly by paramilitary groups on both sides such as the Irish Republican Army and pro-British Protestant groups usually known as "loyalists". But momentum picked up with the election in Britain of Tony Blair's Labour government in 1997. The IRA called a new ceasefire in July that year and talks began in September.
U.S. President Bill Clinton was supportive and sent former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell to chair the negotiations.The deal was formally two interlinked agreements: a treaty between the British and Irish governments and an agreement between the Northern Irish parties. A powersharing assembly and executive were set up, establishing a local government at Stormont, on the outskirts of Belfast, that required the participation of parties from both sides.
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