On Thursday, April 5, 2018, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate hosted a discussion to mark of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, a cornerstone of peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland. Co-hosted by the Consulate General of Ireland, the British Consulate-General Boston and Irish Network Boston, the program featured a keynote address by Senator George Mitchell, the United States Special Envoy to Northern Ireland during the pivotal period of 1995 to 2001. A panel discussion followed with representatives of the Irish and British Governments, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the business community, and leading voices on Northern Ireland. Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen moderated.
Discussion included: Senator George Mitchell, former United States Senate Majority Leader and Special Envoy for Northern Ireland; Sir Kim Darroch, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States; Michael Lonergan, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland, United States of America; Marty Meehan, President of the University of Massachusetts and former U.S. Representative; Sean O’Huiginn, Former Head of Anglo Irish Division, Former Ambassador of Ireland to the United States; Dr. Steve Aiken, Ulster Unionist Party Chief Whip; Mark Campbell, Senior Manager at Randox Laboratories; Dr. Ofrit Liviatan, lecturer on law and politics at Harvard University’s Department of Government and the Director of Harvard College’s Freshman Seminar Program; and Shannon Quinn, a J-1 student from Northern Ireland working in communications in Boston.
Irish Network Boston would like to extend their sincere thanks to the Northern Ireland Bureau and the Meehan Foundation for their support of this important event.
