Off The Wall Irish Photos

Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. Minister of State Liz O Donnell (1st left), from the Progressive Democrats with RTE'S Brian Dobson (3rd left) wipes away a tear as she tells journalists it is a historic day, as it becomes obvious that a peace deal is almost on the table in Castle Buildings, Belfast. Also in the photo is journalist Sean O’Rourke (2nd left). 10/4/1998. Photo: Eamonn Farrell © RollingNews.ie

Good Friday Agreement. L TO R. Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams with Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness look over the wire in Stormont Castle at lunch time after putting their final approval to the Good Friday (Belfast Agreement) peace agreement. 10/4/1998. Photo: Eamonn Farrell. © RollingNews.ie

Good Friday/ Belfast Agreement. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Dr Mo Mowlam in upbeat mood as she arrives for the final day of the peace talks in Stormont Castle. Talks were due to finish by the midnight deadline but continued on to the next day, Good Friday. It was the afternoon, when a deal was finally reached. 9/4/1998. Photo: Eamonn Farrell. © RollingNews.ie

Good Friday/ Belfast Agreement. British Prime Minister Tony Blair shows all the signs of serious pressure as he arrives at Stormont Castle Belfast in the company of Taoiseach and Fianna Fail leader Bertie Ahern in a last ditch attempt to save the peace talks. Despite a deadline for midnight that day, the talks continued on throughout the night and agreement was finally reached the next afternoon on Good Friday. Photo: Eamonn Farrell. © RollingNews.ie

 Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. Rev Ian Paisley leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in angry mood as he displays his pass to the peace talks at a press conference and claims that chairman George Mitchell had attempted to have him barred from entering Stormont Castle. Agreement was reached later that day, Good Friday. With him is his son Ian Paisley Junior (2nd left standing) and Nigel Dodds(1st right sitting). 10/4/1998. Photo: Eamonn Farrell. © RollingNews.ie

Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. The Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party John Taylor arrives for the final day of the peace talks in Castle Buildings in Belfast. He says he expects to know in two hours if a deal is on. The talks were due to finish by the midnight deadline but continued on to Good Friday afternoon, the next day. 9/4/1998. Photo: Eamonn Farrell. © RollingNews.ie

Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. The Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party John Taylor, in serious mood as he arrives at Castle Buildings Belfast from a meeting of his party's executive council. The Peace Agreement was signed the next day, Good Friday, after all night negotiations. 9/4/1998. Photo: Eamonn Farrell. © RollingNews.ie

9/4/1998. Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. Early on Good Friday morning, exhausted members of the media, try to get some sleep on a bitterly cold night in the press conference tent,  as the midnight deadline had passed and there was still no word of an agreement. That afternoon a deal was done and the Good Friday Agreement was signed. Photo: Eamonn Farrell.

Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, David Trimble (centre), carries a copy of the Good Friday Agreement, as he is followed by the media, on his way into a party meeting in the Europa Hotel in Belfast, to discuss the terms of the a Agreement. His party voted to accept the Agreements terms. 18/4/1998. Photo: Leon Farrell. © RollingNews.ie

Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. Loyalist supporters of the Good Friday Agreement, cheer on the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, David Trimble, as he makes his way into a party meeting in the Europa Hotel in Belfast, to discuss the terms of the a Agreement. His party voted to accept the Agreements terms. 18/4/1998.Photo: Leon Farrell. © RollingNews.ie

Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. L to R. Sinn Fein Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness, Hugh Doherty and Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams on the platform at the party’s special conference on the terms of the Good Friday Agreement in the RDS in Dublin. Doherty was a member of the IRA Balcome Street Active Service Unit (Balcome Street Gang). He and other members of the unit were given a temporary release from Portlaoise Prison, and other imprisoned IRA members were given the same facility from the Maze Prison, to assist the conference to pass a motion in favour of the Good Friday Agreement. It was passed by a majority of delegates. 10/5/1998. Photo: Eamonn Farrell. © RollingNews.ie