Blair and Ahern hail Anglo-Irish partnership that helped land Good Friday accord

Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern during a news conference at Farmleigh House in Dublin’s Phoenix Park in 2006 (Julien Behal/PA)

Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern have hailed the spirit of Anglo-Irish teamwork and partnership that marked the high pressure negotiations that delivered Northern Ireland’s historic Good Friday Agreement.

Twenty-five years on from the intensive talks that produced the landmark accord in April 1998, the former UK prime minister and Irish Taoiseach have reflected on their famously close working relationship.