Micheál Martin: Good Friday Agreement changed our 'Brits out' mentality

Micheál Martin: Good Friday Agreement changed our 'Brits out' mentality

Former British premier, Tony Blair and then taoiseach Bertie Ahern signing the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Picture: Dan Chung/PA Wire

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has revealed he came from a “Brits out” background but has gained a “different perspective” since meeting young Unionists.

Mr Martin made the comments in a video aired at Fianna Fáil’s Commemoration of 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement in UCD last night in which he gave a keynote address reflecting on the achievements of the Agreement.

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