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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jonathan McCambridge

Irish government had ‘little in locker’ over cooperation in 1998, official said

Northern Ireland’s powersharing Excecutive was established following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 (Chris Bacon/PA) - (PA Archive)

Representatives of the Irish government had “little in the locker” when it came to ideas about cross-border cooperation just before the Good Friday Agreement was signed, a senior civil servant said.

Declassified files show intensive efforts ongoing behind the scenes to find agreement over north-south bodies while maintaining support from both unionist and nationalist politicians.

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