Implementing The Good Friday Agreement The history of the Irish Problem dates back almost half a century, to the reformation of England, under Henry VIII's rule. With this, there was a stream of protestant immigrants into Northern Island. Being a catholic country outside of King Henry's rule, and so escaping the reformation, there was an instant clash of very orthodox and strong religious opinions and beliefs, which triggered 500 years of ongoing problems in Northern Island. However, only is the 20th Century did these problems escalate to be so apparent and public, and we can now take a detailed look at all the major factors that make the introduction and operation of the Good Friday Agreement such a fragile and difficult task. Now, many more nations are involved. American Senator, George Mitchell was called into Northern Island to pick up pieces of the broke peace process, he is generally believed to have helped substancially in the peace talks. As part of the United Kingdom, British figures have often come into play. Following the Labour party's victory over John Major's Conservatives in the 1997 general election, Mo Mowlam was instated the Secretary of State in Northern Island. Soon, plans for talks with Sinn Féin were announced. The agreement itself was drawn up not so much as an all round solution, as the situation is beyond an immediate cure, but more as a compromise that would provide a more stable environment in which to progress forwards with the peace process. The agreement caused mixed feelings from each side, some points benefiting one greatly, other points upsetting either side. Although this caused both sides to hold ... ... middle of paper ... ...nity. A mixed assembly would also be much harder to operate, and provide little real satisfaction to one of the sides, since most people want a quick solution, and won't settle for compromises. With a mixed assembly, all decisions would contain points which half the assembly liked, and half didn't, assembly create compromise after compromise. Maybe compromises, however, is for now, the best anybody supporting the peace process can hope for, as it takes fairy steps onwards. There are many paradoxes that have caused the process much trouble, and will continue to do this. The cycle of attacks and revenge year after year, and the unmovable moral stance of each individual that has an opinion on the matter. It is these paradoxes and factors, which are making the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement so difficult.
“Ireland must be governed in the English interest” as Document 1 states. The Irish and English relationship is one of ethnic superiority over the other and geographical divide. The English feel like it is their duty to make the Irish people like themselves and they believe that their religion is the crux of what makes them inferior and the Irish just want to be left alone. The geographical divide between the nations is the mainly protestant, Ulster, and the Catholic rest of the island as Document 9 suggests. This has caused many disputes because of the fact that Irish Nationalists want the whole island unified.
Yes, I have experience in interpreting and applying negotiated employee-management agreements. As a Supervisory CBP Officer I have interpreted the current National Collective Bargaining Agreement between CBP and NTEU. I have also been involved with the Bid and Rotation selection committee and have served as a Training Supervisor and certified Field Training Officer; both positions have been required to interpret national and local employee and management agreements regarding placement of officers and trainee officers.
incoming minister, Dr Mo Mowlam. Discussions continued month after month. month between the party representatives. Both Prime Minister Tony Blair and Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern involved themselves in the details. remarkable degree of a. Finally, on Good Friday 1998, all the main parties -with the exception of the Democratic Unionist Party - announced agreement.
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First off, it is important to understand the political and social whereabouts of Northern Ireland from 1898 to gage the changes that have been made in policy. Before 1921, the North and South of Ireland were under British rule. When the government of Ireland Act 1920 partitioned the island of Ireland into two separate states, Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, the North of Ireland remained under British rule while...
...oodshed, Northern Ireland finally received some relief. The Good Friday Agreement brought the diplomacy needed to the country. Northern Ireland is to this day still home to many religious disputes but nothing as severe as the disputes from several decades ago. Residents are now free to be considered citizens of either or both countries, and the countries are able to work together without any deadly and unnecessary controversy. Hundreds of innocent people are spared their lives every year because the preventable religious and governmental fights have dwindled. Ireland may not have the most control over Northern Ireland, and religious disputes still arise, but the country has come a long way from the way things were. Things may never be perfect for the country of Northern Ireland, but there is no doubt that diplomacy was a great decision for the country as a whole.
The most common negotiation that was used several times was voting for the majority just to get it over and done with. A few examples would ...
Not a unified and separate country until 1921, Northern Ireland has had cultural, financial, and economic that makes it stand affront from the rest of the Emerald Isles. With its close proximity to England and the immigration all through the 1600s of English and Scottish, Northern Ireland has become more anglicized th...