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25 years after the Good Friday Agreement ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland

President of the Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams helps to carry the coffin of IRA member Thomas Begley, through the Ardoyne area of Belfast, Northern Ireland on Oct. 27, 1993. (AP)
President of the Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams helps to carry the coffin of IRA member Thomas Begley, through the Ardoyne area of Belfast, Northern Ireland on Oct. 27, 1993. (AP)

Listen to the full conversation here.

On this 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, we hear a conversation with former Sen. George Mitchell, who brokered the agreement that ended decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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