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Theres little doubt those who voted for the agreement in 1998 created a better future for their children. but today, northern irelands power—sharing government set up by the accord, often collapses over disputes between the parties. can your generation make northern ireland a better place? i hope so. yeah. i think there is potential there for northern ireland to be more united. when political figures mark the anniversary of the good friday agreement in the coming days, and its legacy, they too...

Some of the tv news archives of the place they call home. explosion. its hard to believe thats what life was like and how different it is now. i still am like, but how did that happen? why did that happen? to commemmorate and pay tribute to the volunteers . of the irish republican army. the sectarian conflict between protestant and catholic communities shaped the lives of previous generations. republican armed groups carried out a bombing campaign to try to force northern ireland to give up its ...

In 1998, when once bitter political enemies signed the good friday agreement, it was a major turning point. i think its an amazing document, the fact that you had so many people willing to put grudges and even their own popularity aside. many may disagree, but i feel that weve came so far in such a short period of time. although the conflict is in the past, some sense of division is still passed down. while 25—year—olds today had a vastly different experience growing up in northern ireland f...

Explosion. its hard to believe thats what life was like and how different it is now. i still am like, but how did that happen? why did that happen? to commemorate and pay tribute to the volunteers of _ the irish republican army. the sectarian conflict between protestant and catholic communities shaped the lives of previous generations. republican armed groups carried out a bombing campaign to try to force northern ireland to give up its status as part of the uk, and catholic communities came und...

Many young people have had little formal education about their recent history. i have never learned about the troubles in my entire education. like, in terms of school. like, i would say i was quite sectarian when i was younger, and, you know, that was brought from my family. so how would you rate the success of the good friday agreement? i would say it was successful in terms of ending the violence, but we still have segregated housing, we still have segregated schooling, our politics is still ...

Our politics is still divided. theres no bombs going off now, do you know what i mean? but theres still both sides having a big dig at each other. 71.12%... cheering. there is little doubt those who voted for the agreement in 1998 created a better future for their children. but today, northern ireland�*s power—sharing government, set up by the accord, often collapses over disputes between the parties. and there are growing questions over whether it�*s become outdated. we need to get our go...

The 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page has more from belfa5t. northern ireland is marking a quarter of a century of relative peace. the agreement signed on good friday, 1998, largely ended three decades of conflict. but there is also a reminder that the threat from paramilitaries hasnt completely faded. la5t last year there was some trouble at an annual and dissident republican march in londonderry on easter monday, but police warned yesterday th...

To commemorate and pay tribute to the volunteers. of the irish republican army! the sectarian conflict between protestant and catholic communities shaped the lives of previous generations. republican armed groups carried out a bombing campaign to try to force northern ireland to give up its status as part of the uk, and catholic communities came under attack from loyalists. seeing some of the footage of, like, the ira men... that is so bizarre, i mean, because it�*s not something i ever experi...

Of a united ireland? it said it could happen, but only if a majority of people in northern ireland vote for it in a border poll, and there also needs to be approval in the republic. without that, its the status quo — northern ireland remains part of the united kingdom. the agreement was drawn up by politicians back in 1998, but they made it clear the future will be decided by the people. ahead of the anniversary, police in belfast have warned of potential disorder by dissident republicans. pol...

What can you live with? can you just expand upon that? it what can you live with? can you ust expand upon thawi expand upon that? if the question was is northern _ expand upon that? if the question was is northern ireland _ expand upon that? if the question was is northern ireland in - expand upon that? if the question was is northern ireland in the - was is northern ireland in the united kingdom or the, thats a zero—sum game. there was no middle way between those two questions. and there stil...