Architect of Good Friday Agreement urges governments to meet to resolve issues

Mr O’Connor told an Oireachtas committee that the two governments played a central role in forming the accord, which underpins peace in Northern Ireland

Tim O’Connor was part of the Irish Government delegation in the talks that led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Picture: Oireachtas TV/PA

One of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement has urged the British and Irish governments to meet to resolve ongoing issues around the peace accord.

Tim O’Connor, a former senior diplomat who was part of the Irish government delegation in the talks that led to the Agreement in 1998, said it has been a missed opportunity that Dublin and London have not yet met.