British–Irish Council
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The British–Irish Council is an intergovernmental organisation that aims to improve collaboration between its members in a number of areas including transport, the environment and energy. Its membersh
Logo of the British–Irish Council
Heads of government meet in Edinburgh, Scotland, for the 42nd council summit
A British-Irish Council summit hosted by Scotland at Stirling Castle
Heads of government gather at the 16th summit held in London, June 2011
Good Friday Agreement
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The Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April 1998 that ended most of the violence of the Troubles, an ethnic and national conflict in Northern Ireland sinc
British–Irish Council
…Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. The British and Irish governments, and political parties in Northern Ireland, agreed to form a council under the British–Irish Agreement, part of the Good Friday Agreement reached in 1998. The council was formally established on 2 December 1999, when the Agreement came into effect. The…
George J. Mitchell (left) and Bertie Ahern (right) in 2018
Parliament Buildings at Stormont, in Belfast, seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly
The offices of the North/South Ministerial Council on Upper English Street, Armagh, Northern Ireland
A 'Yes' campaign poster for the Good Friday Agreement during simultaneous referendums in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland