Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor

Photo of Emer CurrieEmer Currie (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I went back over the records regarding when the Good Friday Agreement was delivered and signed. I looked at what my father said, which was, "This is the first day of the rest of our lives, the first day of the rest of our history". One could really feel the hope. It reminded me as well of the last episode of "Derry Girls". How do we keep that alive? Senator Ó Donnghaile talked about the institutional memory, but how do we keep that hope, to which we must return, to keep people completely invested in the Good Friday Agreement? How do we keep that alive 25 years later?

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