Listening was the key to ending the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland
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George Mitchell, former Senate majority leader and special envoy to Northern Ireland, just visited Ireland to celebrate the 25th anniversary of what came to be known as the Good Friday agreement. When he started trying to get the two sides to stop killing each other, no one thought it would work. It seemed an intractable conflict. And it did take five years to come to an agreement. What he said was that he spent over two years listening before he got people to the table.
Listening was the key to ending the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland
Listening was the key to ending the…
Listening was the key to ending the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland
George Mitchell, former Senate majority leader and special envoy to Northern Ireland, just visited Ireland to celebrate the 25th anniversary of what came to be known as the Good Friday agreement. When he started trying to get the two sides to stop killing each other, no one thought it would work. It seemed an intractable conflict. And it did take five years to come to an agreement. What he said was that he spent over two years listening before he got people to the table.