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Belfast Telegraph
4 days ago
- Politics
- Belfast Telegraph
The cross-border service doing more to break down barriers than all the north-south bodies combined
Service has done more to break down barriers on this island than all 1998 Agreement's north-south bodies combined In 1998, one of the most contentious aspects of the Good Friday Agreement was cross-border bodies. Having himself helped pull down power-sharing in 1974 over the Council of Ireland, David Trimble was intensely nervous about how many north-south bodies there would be, how powerful they'd be and who'd control them.
Irish Independent
4 days ago
- Politics
- Irish Independent
Sam McBride: The Enterprise train between Belfast and Dublin is breaking down more barriers on the island than all the official bodies combined
In 1998, one of the most contentious aspects of the Good Friday Agreement was cross-border bodies. Having himself helped pull down power-sharing in 1974 over the Council of Ireland, David Trimble was nervous about how many North-South bodies there would be, how powerful they'd be and who'd control them. Some 27 years later, those bodies have been one of the agreement's least controversial elements. Dealing with language, waterways, food safety, trade, and EU peace funds, they're rarely in the news. From a nationalist perspective, this part of the agreement has been a failure.
