No-one can claim victory in war still being fought

By Allison Morris (for the Irish News)

I’d never really thought to analyse the question ‘who won the war?’ because by my assessment the war is far from over. We’ve had historic events, yes. The big ‘hand of history on our shoulder’ moments. But the mechanics of the peace agreement and the society it was meant to have created - that process is still ongoing.

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