Ms Liz O'Donnell:

On David Trimble and his perception that he was negotiating down, the big mistake and regret that I have about Mr. Trimble was how he dealt with the post-agreement situation. It was actually quite a victory for unionism because the North was still a member of the United Kingdom. He could have sold that better. He was under such siege by the DUP that he could not see that he had achieved a great deal by getting the agreement that Northern Ireland remained part of the United Kingdom - the consent principle - until such time as the people of Northern Ireland voted otherwise. He got the violence to end as well. He had achieved a great deal, but because he was under such pressure from his political opponents in the DUP, he could not articulate that. He did not have the freedom to articulate that victory.

Similarly with the DUP today, the party needs a bit of support. I am glad the Irish Government recently agreed with the DUP that the protocol had been a bit hard-edged and that it understood its predicament about not including its concerns. That is the sort of language we must hear. We have to start listening to each other rather than imposing the protocol on a unionist community that did not agree with it. We did not get anywhere 25 years ago by imposing things on people. I am glad the softening of language has started to happen.

On women in peacemaking, it was just a fluke that I was there. I was in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Mary Harney appointed me as the representative in the negotiations.