Life after Good Friday: Pride in sport gladdens the Northern soul
While the current impasse at the Northern Ireland Assembly appears to reflect badly on its legacy; in contrast, the success of the current NI Commonwealth Games’ squad shows the post-Agreement North at its very best.
A creative ambiguity marks the Good Friday Agreement. The idea was to replace the old “zero-sum” approach to Northern Ireland politics — if the other side are gaining; we must be losing — with one based on tolerance and mutual respect.
