Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on interviewees
- Acknowledgments
- Brief chronology of the peace process from 1997
- Parties, organisations, offices and key documents
- Introduction
- 1 The aspirations of text: an interview with Rory Montgomery
- 2 Forums and North–South relations: an interview with Wally Kirwan
- 3 Strategy and trajectory: an interview with David Donoghue
- 4 Groundwork and building relations: an interview with Ray Bassett
- 5 Legal and political convergence: an interview with David Byrne
- 6 Putting arms beyond use: an interview with Tim Dalton
- 7 Policy and pragmatism: an interview with Eamonn McKee
- 8 The politics of engagement: an interview with Liz O’Donnell
- 9 The focus of leadership: an interview with Bertie Ahern
- Conclusion
- Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on interviewees
- Acknowledgments
- Brief chronology of the peace process from 1997
- Parties, organisations, offices and key documents
- Introduction
- 1 The aspirations of text: an interview with Rory Montgomery
- 2 Forums and North–South relations: an interview with Wally Kirwan
- 3 Strategy and trajectory: an interview with David Donoghue
- 4 Groundwork and building relations: an interview with Ray Bassett
- 5 Legal and political convergence: an interview with David Byrne
- 6 Putting arms beyond use: an interview with Tim Dalton
- 7 Policy and pragmatism: an interview with Eamonn McKee
- 8 The politics of engagement: an interview with Liz O’Donnell
- 9 The focus of leadership: an interview with Bertie Ahern
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
The conclusion draws together the main strands of the interview findings and reiterates the key shifts that occurred from the Good Friday Agreement on. It highlights the problems involved in implementing the structures of peace and notes how a shift from ambiguity to clarity as a peace process goes on can create problems of rigidity and intransigence which make the promise of peace harder to achieve and can sour political relations as a result.
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- Inside Accounts, Volume II , pp. 268 - 274Publisher: Manchester University PressFirst published in: 2026
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