Hillsborough Castle Agreement

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The Hillsborough Agreement was an agreement reached in Northern Ireland that allowed the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Executive. The agreement was made on 5 February 2010 and included agreement on controversial parades and on implementing outstanding matters from the St Andrews Agreement.

It was signed at and named after Hillsborough Castle, Hillsborough, County Down; the Queen's official residence in Northern Ireland. The Agreements of Sunningdale, Belfast and St Andrews were also negotiated in those places.

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The Hillsborough Castle Agreement

Steps in the Northern Ireland peace process

Sunningdale Agreement (1973)
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (1975)
Atkins Talks (Constitutional Conference) (1980)
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) ("rolling devolution")
Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985)
Brooke/Mayhew inter-party talks (1991-1992)
Downing Street Declaration (1993)
Establishment of the IICD (1997)
Good Friday Agreement (1998)
Amendment of Articles 2 and 3 (1999)
Establishment of the Independent Monitoring Commission (2003)
IRA Ceasefire & Decommissioning (2005)
St Andrews Agreement (2006)
Hillsborough Castle Agreement (2010)
Stormont House Agreement (2014)

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Hillsborough Castle Agreement

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