The document outlines the recent history of Northern Ireland from the 1970s sectarian violence through peace negotiations and agreements in the late 1990s and 2000s. Key events included the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, secret talks between nationalist and republican leaders in the early 1990s, the 1993 Downing Street Declaration, the 1998 Good Friday Agreement negotiated by Blair, Ahern and Adams, and the formation of a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland in 1999 after the IRA declared a ceasefire.

1. Recent History of Northern Ireland