‘Time to get show on the road’: Clinton criticises suspension of NI institutions

Former US president Bill Clinton, steps on to the stage to speak during the international conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, at Queen’s University Belfast (Niall Carson/PA)

Former US president Bill Clinton has said the Good Friday Agreement was never supposed to be used to obstruct governance in Northern Ireland, adding it “is time to get this show on the road”.

Mr Clinton was speaking at the end of a three-day event at Queen’s University in Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which largely brought an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.