Anglo-Irish Agreement

UUP leader took a difficult path and in the end, even unionism’s most entrenched enemies of change adopted his approach

Chronology of attempts before and since the Anglo-Irish agreement

A guide explaining the agreement

FitzGerald’s drive and relationshsip with Thatcher key to success, recalls Peter Barry

Shift in nationalist demands allowed forum to become launchpad for lobbying

Sense of betrayal and exclusion fueled unionist rage and furious protests

Thirty years on unionists still recall their sense of betrayal and bewilderment that Mrs Thatcher would do such a thing

A new spirit of co-operation followed the Anglo-Irish Agreement which in turn led to the Belfast Agreement

Agreement spurred a rethink in unionism and a new sense of self-reliance

Haughey u-turn in power repaired his mistake in opposing Anglo-Irish Agreement

While Margaret Thatcher was unionist at heart, the situation in the North wasnot working. In Garret FitzGerald she found a leader to reach agreement with

The 1985 accord meant that power-sharing with Sinn Féin was the only way forward

Former British diplomat David Goodall recalls the initiation of the dialogue that led to the Anglo-Irish Agreement

Thirty years ago on Sunday November 15th, FitzGerald and Thatcher sealed deal at a press conference at which everything was sweetness and light . . .