Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)

This project models the series of formal and informal negotiations which led to the publication, in December 1993, of a declaration issued jointly by the British and Irish Governments. The Joint Declaration was a critical policy document which paved the way for a ceasefire and the entry of Sinn Féin into formal talks. It also laid out a shared set of principles – including, crucially, self-determination for the people of Ireland subject to the consent of the people of Northern Ireland – which would come to underpin the Belfast Good Friday Agreement and provide a framework for its ratification.

Austin Currie

Quill platform ID: p18552.

Joseph Austin Currie. Born 11 October 1939. During the 1960s Currie became an active member of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. In 1964 he was elected as a MP for East Tyrone. Co-founded the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in 1970. Currie was a SDLP member of the short-lived Northern Ireland Assembly from 1973 to 1974. Elected in 1982 to the Northern Ireland Assembly for the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency. Joined Fine Gael in 1989, and was elected as a TD for Dublin West in the same year.

Member of SDLP—Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993).

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