Northern Ireland peace process

Politicians at Waterfront Hall, Belfast discuss the peace process in 1998. From left to right: First Minister David Trimble, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President Bill Clinton, Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon and Lord Mayor of Belfast David Alderdice.

The Northern Ireland peace process includes the events leading up to the 1994 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of the Troubles, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, and subsequent political developments.