Could the Good Friday agreement collapse?

The following day the Tory MP Owen Paterson, a former Northern Ireland secretary, tweeted a link to the piece with a comment: “The collapse of power-sharing in Northern Ireland shows the Good Friday agreement has outlived its use. read more

It could. But despite the reckless conduct of the DUP and Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland, neither wants the GFA to collapse and will probably find ways to stop short of allowing it to happen. read more

Though one of the Good Friday Agreement’s principle achievements was the establishment of a power-sharing arrangement that allows Unionists and Republicans to govern in coalition, a political row between the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and its Republican counterpart Sinn Féin caused Northern Ireland’s government to collapse in January 2017. read more