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Good Friday Agreement at 25: how did it happen and is it at risk?

Monday marks 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which largely ended the sectarian violence and political conflict in Northern Ireland, known as “The Troubles”, which had claimed thousands of lives over the previous 30 years.

The Week

‘I could barely speak. I felt like a ghost inside my own skin’: the month that shook the CBI

Since the Guardian first revealed allegations of unchecked misconduct at the business lobbying outfit, current and former female staff have told of their experiences

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Dover Easter queues? It’s the bad weather, stupid

I could have sworn we had stormy seas before Brexit and there weren’t long delays – but maybe I’m imagining things

The Guardian - UK

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Police in Northern Ireland warn of possible attacks on officers on Easter Monday

DUP leader denies lack of governance at Stormont is increasing threat of violence, as police adopt tactics not seen in years amid ‘exceptional circumstances’

The Independent UK

Birds of a feather cast asunder by Brexit: fears for Britain’s rare canaries

Rare species now required to be tested for five diseases before they can travel between UK and EU

The Guardian - UK

How did the Good Friday agreement come about and why is it so significant?

Held up as a model for peace, the historic agreement ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland over 58 tense hours

The Guardian - UK

Labour isn’t focused only on ‘hero voters’

Letters: James Valentine and Dr Mark Wilcox respond to Rafael Behr’s analysis of the party’s election strategy

The Guardian - UK

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Twenty-five years on: The legacy of the Good Friday Agreement

Politicians and experts reflect on the deal credited with ending 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.

Al Jazeera

Loyalist internee brands 1998 peace deal the ‘Green Friday Agreement’

Jim Wilson said the accord has been rendered ‘worthless’ due to the handling of the Brexit process and the creation of barriers between GB and NI.

The Independent UK

DUP boycott could lead to end of Stormont Assembly, peer warns

Lord Reg Empey said Brexit had been a disaster for Northern Ireland

The Independent UK

Good Friday Agreement: how the US came to be a key broker in Northern Ireland's peace deal

Between 1820 and 1920, four million people emigrated from Ireland to the US. Many were fleeing hunger and destitution and so brought with them an “exile” nationalism – a conviction that they were forced to leave by British misgovernment and exploitation of Ireland. Little wonder, then, that the Irish diaspora…

The Conversation

Why Britain’s new CPTPP trade deal will not make up for Brexit

The UK recently announced that it will join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), giving British businesses access to the 11 other members of the Indo-Pacific trade bloc and bringing its combined GDP to £11 trillion.

The Conversation

Dover port chief contradicts Brexiteer MPs who blamed France for coach delays

Exclusive: ‘When they knew we were having challenges, they actually turned up with more people to better support us’

The Independent UK

Each generation in Northern Ireland has reflected on the 'troubles' in its own way – right up to 'Derry Girls'

A 9-year-old boy lies on the floor of a working-class rowhouse in Belfast, Northern Ireland, wondrously watching American Westerns on TV. Outside, though, the world’s gone mad. Broken glass and shattered masonry. Barricades go up. Rifle-toting soldiers patrol the streets.

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The Guardian - UK

Sweden ‘places on hold’ deportation of UK woman with Alzheimer’s

Exclusive: Charities have called Kathleen Poole’s removal order a ‘cruel’ misapplication of Brexit withdrawal agreement

The Independent UK

Ministers announce plans for streamlined post-Brexit trade checks with EU

The Government has delayed implementing the trade checks on goods coming from the EU several times since the Brexit withdrawal.

Manchester Evening News

UK Foreign Office issues travel warning to people heading to France by ferry

Brits have been told to prepare for delays over the bank holiday weekend

Evening Standard

‘Streamlined’ checks on goods for the UK from EU are finally on the way

The Cabinet Office confirmed today that the trade checks are set to come into force later this year

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The Independent UK

Limiting coach capacity at Dover ‘unacceptable and backward’, say operators

Many holidaymakers travelling by coach last weekend were delayed for several hours entering the port and being processed.

The Week

CPTPP: is trade deal first sign of Brexit’s sunlit uplands?

The Government struck a deal to join an 11-member Asia-Pacific trade bloc last week, a step hailed by No. 10 as an example of Britain seizing its “post-Brexit freedoms”.

The Independent UK

Bill Clinton says ‘miracle’ Brexit did not destroy Good Friday Agreement

Former US president tells DUP that Sinn Fein ‘doesn’t want to jam you’

The Independent UK

Announcement on post-Brexit checks on EU goods expected

Ministers have delayed introducing the customs checks with the EU several times.

The National (Scotland)

Young Scots for Independence to host international conference in Edinburgh

THE SNP’s youth wing is set to hold an international conference with the youth wings of progressive parties across Europe.

Belfast Live

Bill Clinton says it's a “miracle” Good Friday Agreement survived Brexit

Former US President appeals to unionists that Sinn Féin does not want to “jam” them

Irish Mirror

Bill Clinton tells Prime Time it is a 'miracle' that Good Friday Agreement survived Brexit

In an interview to be broadcast on RTÉ's Prime Time, former US President Bill Clinton and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will speak the impact Brexit has had on the Good Friday Agreement.

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