Why did the Good Friday Agreement happen?

Today marks 20 years since something called the Good Friday Agreement was signed. But what was it ... When this happened, the population of Northern Ireland was divided in two: Unionists, who ... In 1998 - after nearly two years of talks and 30 years of conflict - the Good Friday agreement was signed. read more

The Belfast Agreement (or Good Friday Agreement as it would become known) contained proposals for a Northern Ireland Assembly with a power-sharing executive, new cross-border institutions with the Republic of Ireland and a body linking devolved assemblies across the UK with Westminster and Dublin. read more

Good Friday Agreement, also called Belfast Agreement or the Agreement, accord reached on April 10, 1998, and ratified in both Ireland and Northern Ireland by popular vote on May 22 that called for devolved government in Northern Ireland. read more

The good Friday Agreement happened because ordinary people joined peace groups and other recruitments, whuch helped a lot, such as Gordon Wilson. At this point people realized that peace needed to be made, this agreement could not have happened without the work of ordinary people. read more