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Apr 2023
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Good Friday Agreement 25 Years On: Insid...

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Carole Walker, sitting in for Matt Chorley, speaks to key figures that drafted the deal including Mark Durkan, assistant to SDLP leader John Hume, and Irish diplomat David Donoghue. Journalist Denis Murray joins the discussion too as he relives what it was like to report on the historic event.


Plus Lord Howard and Lord Forsyth discuss Margaret Thatcher's legacy, 10 years after her death.


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