Failure to achieve reconciliation the ‘great miss’ of peace process – Tanaiste

The transcript discusses the challenges and importance of the agreement in building peace and understanding in Northern Ireland. It highlights the unfulfilled potential of peace over the past 25 years and the lack of focus on tackling sectarianism and disadvantage. The speaker emphasizes the need for reconciliation and better understanding between communities, recognizing the failure to address these issues since the agreement.

What is one of the main challenges highlighted in the agreement?

• Improving educational systems

• Healing social, economic, and psychological scars

• Building economic prosperity

• Enhancing technological advancements

What has the agreement successfully consolidated?

• Economic growth

• Cultural diversity

• Enduring peace

• Technological innovation

What has been lacking in the efforts to fulfill the potential of peace?

• Promotion of tourism

• Sufficient focus on tackling sectarianism

• Investment in infrastructure

• Support for educational reforms

What is identified as a major failure in the reconciliation process?

• Insufficient technological advancements

• Communities remaining as divided as in 1998

• Decline in cultural exchanges

• Lack of economic development

What is necessary to address the failure in reconciliation?

• Focusing on economic growth

• Ignoring the issue

• Recognizing and calling out the failure

• Enhancing technological infrastructure