Women who helped strike Good Friday deal finally recognised – 25 years late

‘I’ve never met a politician like [Mo Mowlam]. She was instrumental in setting an ambience that was conducive to reaching agreement,’ says ex-politician Bríd Rodgers. Photograph: Paul McErlane/AP

It took a quarter of a century but Mo Mowlam and other women who helped clinch the Good Friday agreement are finally gaining recognition.

After years of being belittled, marginalised or forgotten, the late Northern Ireland secretary and other figures are receiving tributes from politicians, diplomats and artists on the eve of the agreement’s 25th anniversary.