Irish-British relations a long way from 1998 heyday
Officials in both governments acknowledge lack of chemistry between Varadkar and May
Short documentary chronicling the process and completion of the landmark Belfast Agreement. Video: The Detail
All the many accounts of the Belfast Agreement, signed 20 years ago, attest to the extraordinarily close and productive working relationship that quickly grew up between the then taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the British prime minister Tony Blair after both men were elected in 1997.
In Ahern’s memoir he recalls that he spoke to Blair “several times a week for the whole time he was prime minister”.