25 years on, is Northern Ireland keeping the peace?

25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland lives in an imperfect peace. There has been a dramatic reduction in violence since the worst of the Troubles, which claimed more than 3,600 lives. But Northern Ireland continues to struggle with political stalemates, economic despair, and paramilitary threats. Can the Good Friday Agreement continue to keep the peace?

In this episode: 

• Leona O’Neill (@LeonaONeill1), Head of Undergraduate Journalism at Ulster University
• Joshua Murray, Journalist
• Zachary Hutchinson, Programme Manager at Centre for Democracy and Peace Building

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters with Miranda Lin and our host, Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. 

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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