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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

‘Nobody’s in charge’: is power sharing still working in Northern Ireland?

The three men walking up the steps towards the building.
Keir Starmer, Hilary Benn and Edwin Poots, speaker of the Northern Ireland assembly, at Stormont in 2024. Photograph: Liam McBurney/Reuters

The Good Friday agreement appeared over Northern Ireland like a sunburst – a miracle of political leadership that consigned the Troubles to history.

Signed on 10 April 1998, it ushered in an era of peace that endures and is held up as a model for resolving conflicts around the world. Yet Northern Ireland will mark the agreement’s 28th anniversary on Friday with gloom.

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