The buzz generated by a U2 concert in Belfast during the referendum campaign for the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement boosted the Yes campaign, Mark Durkan has said.
Mr Durkan, who headed the SDLP’s campaign for a Yes vote, described the challenge of countering strong campaigning by those opposed to the accord in May 1998.
Those campaigning for a No vote included the DUP and then UKUP, and raised concerns including over the release of paramilitary prisoners and a lack of decommissioning by the terrorist groups.
