Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
Mr. Pat Hynes:
I alluded to this in my opening remarks. There has been less in the way of engagement politically, North and South, and even, indeed, across the Irish Sea, in the past seven or so years. Brexit has had that negative impact. We see it as an important function that we would bring back together people of even a new and emerging generation who are not necessarily part of the process that led to the agreement 25 years ago but also to give them an opportunity to focus and discover what possibilities might lie ahead of us. In that regard, the focus is mixed in that there is a current crop of politicians but there is also an emerging generation. We have to encourage a bringing together of those with participants across the Irish Sea, as well around some of the challenges in front of us.
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