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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jonathan McCambridge

HISTORICAL FACTS: Irish government had little in locker over cooperation in 1998 official said - Caught on Camera

Northern Ireland’s powersharing Excecutive was established following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 (Chris Bacon/PA) - (PA Archive)

Representatives of the Irish government had “little in the locker” when it came to ideas about cross-border cooperation just before the Good Friday Agreement was signed, a senior civil servant said.

Declassified files show intensive efforts ongoing behind the scenes to find agreement over north-south bodies while maintaining support from both unionist and nationalist politicians.

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