The audience attending the three-day international conference at Queen's University Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Picture date: Monday April 17, 2023.
A LACK of decision-making by the devolved government in Northern Ireland is “failing future generations,” the president of Queen’s University’s students’ union said.
Emma Murphy was speaking at the opening of the Agreement 25 conference this morning, a three-day event where politicians will discuss the creation and implementation of the Good Friday Agreement in the month of its 25th anniversary, at the institution.
“The Good Friday Agreement required difficult conversations and brave leadership and that is exactly what is needed again,” she said.
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