Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Ms Bronagh Hinds

Ms Michelle Gildernew:

Cuirim fáilte roimh Ms Hinds and it is great to see her again. It is important that I first of all acknowledge what she has said about the attempted murder of John Caldwell. I also extend our sympathies and support to his family and friends. I think Michelle O'Neill spoke for all of us when she said that this attack was an attack on all of us and on our community. I agree with Ms Hinds on that point. I read her words with interest. It was a pretty comprehensive overview of the time. I was a green as grass youngster in the party 25 years ago and was very lucky to have really inspirational women around me from whom I learned so much. She will kill me for saying this but I am thinking of Lucilita Bhreatnach, who Ms Hinds would have known from that time and who is still working with our team now on this committee and working on the Good Friday Agreement 25 years on. I want to also pay tribute to Bairbre de Brún and Dodie McGuinness.

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