Good Friday Agreement

The young people in NI moving their communities forward

After decades of violence, young people in Northern Ireland are growing up in the sort of peace their parents could only have dreamed of. But with Stormont on ice yet again, there is debate about whether the Good Friday Agreement has delivered for the current generation.

Two communities, one team in north Belfast

As the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement approaches, members of a cross-community football team in north Belfast have spoken about how sport continues to bring young people together.

Challenges beyond the peace walls in Belfast

RTÉ's Northern Correspondent Conor Macauley examines the positives and negatives of the Good Friday Agreement's legacy.

GFA a reminder that peace grows, says Mary McAleese

The Good Friday Agreement is a reminder that peace grows and is nurtured through commitment, according to former President of Ireland Mary McAleese.

Tánaiste meets PSNI in Belfast ahead of GFA anniversary

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin is in Belfast for a number of meetings and events today.

Paramilitary influence still casts shadow over NI youth

Violence and paramilitarism continue to cast a shadow over the lives of many young people growing up in Northern Ireland today - and while police statistics record casualties from shootings and assaults, they do not capture the hidden harms of child criminal exploitation and coercive control.

Key players who helped bring peace to Northern Ireland

Who were the key players who got the Good Friday Agreement across the line and helped bring an end to decades of violence in Northern Ireland?

GFA made NI an 'easier place to do business'

The international spotlight on Northern Ireland 25 years ago sent a message around the world, writes Conor Macauley.

Exhibition at UN is 'monumental moment' for women of NI

The 'Peace Heroines' exhibition has been launched at the United Nations in New York to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

NI economic benefits of peace not felt equally by all

According to the lore surrounding the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland was to enjoy an economic transformation over the past 25 years. This is referred to as the peace dividend - the economic boost a nation or region receives with the ending of a conflict.

'We're the ones serving life sentences, not terrorists'

A woman whose husband was shot dead during the Troubles has spoken publicly for the first time of the "lifelong pain" her family have suffered over the years.

Woman born soon after GFA signed optimistic for future

One of the first children born after the Good Friday Agreement was signed 25 years ago has said that it would be "fantastic" to meet US President Joe Biden during his visit to the island of Ireland next week to commemorate the agreement's signing.

'It feels like in NI we're at a tipping point'

RTÉ News spoke with five young people at the Artillery Youth Centre in Belfast. The independent youth project is based in the New Lodge, a traditionally nationalist area, at an interface. This refers to where segregated nationalist and unionist residential areas meet, usually separated by walls.

Families count the human cost of the Troubles

GFA used as 'template for peace' around world - Coveney

Minister for Enterprise Simon Coveney has highlighted how important the Good Friday Agreement is and that it is used as "a template for peace" around the world.

Abbey Theatre commemorative event marks GFA anniversary

The Government has marked the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement with a commemorative event, that included contributions from poets, musicians, and writers.

'Uniquely promising state of affairs' helped secure GFA

One of the key Irish Government negotiators for the Good Friday Agreement has said he is disappointed that more was not achieved following the signing of the peace deal 25 years ago.