Bertie Ahern, one of the architects of the Good Friday agreement, has urged politicians “not to fall into the trap” of starting a debate about reforms to the historic Northern Ireland peace deal.
Speaking at a session of the British-Irish parliamentary assembly, sitting in Stormont for one day, the former taoiseach implied that to open a debate now would give unionists a further excuse to continue their boycott of devolved government, with “fatal” consequences for power sharing.
