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What was the Good Friday Agreement that was signed 25 years ago?

The historic pact signed in Northern Ireland on April 10, 1998 effectively brought an end to the Troubles

Evening Standard

Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux

Twenty-five years ago, the Good Friday Agreement halted much of the violence of Northern Ireland’s Troubles

The Independent UK

The 30 years of Northern Ireland's 'Troubles'

On April 10 it will be 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement which largely ended three decades of conflict in Northern Ireland, known locally as the "Troubles".

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Operation Chiffon by Peter Taylor review – how they talked their way out of the Troubles

In this compelling account, the author and documentary-maker describes how decades of covert communications between the British government and the IRA eased the path to the Good Friday agreement – helped by an unlikely hero

The Guardian - UK

Exhibition focusing on victims of Troubles on display at Parliament Buildings

Silent Testimony will be hosted in the Long Gallery for the month of April.

The Independent UK

Derry Boys documentary to mark Good Friday Agreement anniversary

The radio documentary follows the lives of two children who crossed the sectarian divide at the height of the Troubles

Belfast Live

A play set during the Troubles brings home the monstrosity of a few English politicians

The Windsor framework offers hope for Northern Ireland, yet some, such as Boris Johnson, played with peace and voted against it

The Guardian - UK

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‘We lived on our nerves’: how Belfast cop show Blue Lights captured a changed Northern Ireland

As the rattling police drama launches, its stars talk about the legacy of the Troubles, living with bomb blasts and gunfire – and showing the real people behind the stab vests

The Guardian - UK

Troubles legacy approach cannot be imposed on Northern Ireland – Labour

Chris Heaton-Harris faced calls to take a ‘different approach’ if Northern Ireland’s political parties continue to oppose the Legacy Bill.

The Independent UK

NIO failed to comply with equality scheme in controversial Troubles immunity bill

The Equality Commission is set to recommend a number of improvements to the Northern Ireland Office

Belfast Live

Brutality in BBC drama Blue Lights shocked cast who had not lived through Troubles

The writers of the Northern Ireland criminal drama want to shed light on continued threat posed by gangs involved in drugs trade

The Guardian - UK

Tony Blair glad 'plague' of social media didn't exist when Good Friday Agreement was made

The former Labour Prime Minister spoke to MPs on the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee this morning ahead of next month’s 25th anniversary of the historic agreement, which ended most of the violence of the Troubles

Daily Mirror

Funeral on Wednesday for well-known Derry figure Patrick Hume

Patrick Hume 'stood with brother John through hard times during the Troubles'

Belfast Live

Victims' group in exhibition and appeal for Derry Troubles survivors to come forward

Moving exhibition on display at the Guildhall

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The Independent UK

Respect for Troubles victims has been ‘washed away’, say family members

Family members of those killed during the Troubles have expressed the lasting impact on their lives.

The Independent UK

Granddaughter of Troubles victims speaks of generational trauma 50 years on

Tanya Williams-Powell spoke of the impact on her family of the death of Thomas Niedermayer at the hands of the IRA.

Belfast Live

Co Armagh author on writing debut novel about illegal love during The Troubles

"My inspiration for the novel is fundamentally the belief that the power of love compounds human resilience and determination"

The Guardian - UK

Henry McDonald obituary

Northern Irish journalist and author whose lively writing explored the Troubles with empathy and fascination

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The Independent UK

Omagh bomb inquiry to be raised by minister with Irish counterparts

Dublin’s record on dealing with the legacy of the Troubles is ‘at best patchy and at worst non-existent’, Parliament is told

The Independent UK

Omagh bomb families welcome inquiry announcement

The Real IRA bombing in August 1998 claimed the lives of 29 people.

The Independent UK

Veteran soldier avoids jail for 1988 Troubles killing

David Jonathan Holden was sentenced to three years at Belfast Crown Court, but the judge suspended the term for three years.

The Guardian - UK

Omagh bombing: independent inquiry announced into 1998 attack

Car bomb killed 29 people in deadliest atrocity of Northern Ireland’s Troubles

The Independent UK

Veteran convicted of Troubles killing set to be sentenced

In November, David Jonathan Holden, 53, was convicted of the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie in February 1988.

The Independent UK

Immunity rules for Troubles crimes may be tightened further, signals minister

A Tory frontbencher says he is ‘sympathetic’ to a number of proposals made by peers over what critics brand an amnesty.

The Independent UK

Peers pressed to reject Troubles amnesty Bill ahead of Lords debate

The Government’s Legacy Bill would see a form of immunity offered for Troubles offences in exchange for co-operation with a truth body.

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