Northern Ireland's progess away from conflict - 16 June 2008

George Bush's brief visit to Northern Ireland in the final leg of this Europe tour has seen by some as his way of acknowledging the progress made in the province. Alan Fisher went to Belfast to look at how things have changed for the people of Northern Ireland.

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[antoconno]

Ireland unfree shall never be at peace!

[Frankieireland]

Yeah, "just like any other city in the UK" is the kind of insensitive comment that still rankles. Also saying simply that the IRA were just trying to kick the brits out is inaccurate, maybe they don't know in the UK, as they conveniently forget to teach it in their schools, but it was a total disregard for irish nationalists' civil rights just like apartheid which inspired the IRA resurgence. How do these people get on TV??

[MrLiamHenderson]

Catholics vs Protestants in the 20th century eh? What a sad lot we are!

[ohno2112]

How come they don't talk about the five thousand british troops and a new headquaters for mi5 in county down, hollywood, ? ? Is there really peace ? That American money goes thru the banks of london, and the banks make there money. If peace sells who buying ?

[missatomickitten]

no more! do not let more innocents die.i dont care if you disagree with whatever side.all we want to do now is move on and live in peace,brits or no brits we are sick and tired of being sick and tired

[jbebbers]

Hi, my name is Jacob Bebbington, and I'm currently gathering peoples accounts of the troubles as inspiration for a memorial piece. All going well this will be situated in a N.I city, and part of the N.I Arts Fair. I am working with professional designer Jonathan Barnbrook in this project and am also hoping to work with the N.I community. If you have any personal or family accounts and would like to be part of this please message me back on this account and i can provide an email address. Thanks

[dudette2x]

Some of the comments here prove that some people will never be strong willed enough to resist the brainwashing that goes on in this country. Life is too short to get caught up in petty squabbling over who has rights to what. I was born and raised in Northern Ireland. Am I catholic? No. Am I Protestant? No. Do I give a damn if ireland is united? No. Do I give a crap if it isn't? No. The only thing I want to do is just live. And everyone has a right to that.

[ParamoreWorshipper]

It's not "one people", you Canadian moron.

Unionists have no claim to the land.

[goduk321]

hahaha.

Ireland is our future colony.

They study English.

[tsui921again]

easy to say when you live in canada

[stevnf]

frankieireland really \couldnt have said it better myself mate you said wat im sure every irish man and woman thinks when british reporters run about the north proclaiming how similar it is to the rest of the uk forgetting that most of us still want to see those pricks fuck off id love for one of them to approach me in the street id soon let them know just wat the irish think of them and their just like the rest of the uk comments

[bacabu30]

Northern Ireland is a very nice place. I was recently in Belfast actually, and it's now a buzzing place that's growing in optimism. The younger people up there are wonderful and will be the making of Northern Ireland in the future. Both communities of NI need to realise that they are actually similar and should co-operate and learn to trust each other more. The reality is, both communities will have to get along and live side-by-side in the future, whether it's still in the UK or part of a UI.