Peace pays off: 25 years of safe border business 

Businesses along the border have transformed in the quarter century since the Belfast Agreement was signed. Sorcha Crowley meets the entrepreneurs behind internationally recognised brands and local businesses thriving in the region

Kian Louët-Feisser runs Carlingford Oyster Company. Picture: Terry McDonagh/Carlingford Oyster Company

Presidents, prime ministers and taoisigh past and present are in Belfast this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. 

Bill and Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern will join with their Northern counterparts at events to commemorate the Belfast Agreement signed on April 10, 1998, which brought about an enduring, if still fragile, peace.