Peace;What price?

Who or what brought peace to Northern Ireland?
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Nearly four decades of Britain's military campaign in Northern Ireland will end today as the flag of 39 Infantry Brigade is lowered in Ulster and the troops stationed there will adopt the usual role of soldiers anywhere in the United Kingdom.

At the height of the troubles, there were 30,000 British troops in Ulster, but this year's power-sharing agreement between the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein signalled the end of the British Army’s longest ever operation, that of helping the police to keep the peace.

Who or what do you think brought peace to Northern Ireland?

Should Tony Blair take credit for his role in the Good Friday Agreement and the devolution process? Or are The Reverend Ian Paisley, Democratic Unionist Party leader, and Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams the most significant figures?

What about earlier leaders such as John Major and the Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds, who came to an agreement on the principle of self-determination in 1993?

Has there been a broader cultural, political or economic shift that has paved the way to peace?

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