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

Mr. Tim O'Connor:

Yes, exactly. It is very challenging, and I do not have the answer. I have chosen to spend my career trying to work in conflict resolution and trying to find accommodations between the contradictory, and it is very challenging because it is also the case that both aspirations are absolutely valid. It is Article 1, the equal legitimacy of the aspirations. That is a fundamental principle.