U2 concert in Belfast helped secure Yes vote in agreement referendum – Durkan

U2 concert in Belfast helped secure Yes vote in agreement referendum – Durkan

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble, U2 singer Bono, and SDLP leader John Hume (Brian Little/PA)

The buzz generated by a U2 concert in Belfast during the referendum campaign for the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement boosted the Yes campaign, Mark Durkan has said.

Mr Durkan, who headed the SDLP’s campaign for a Yes vote, described the challenge of countering strong campaigning by those opposed to the accord in May 1998.

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