TOM BENNETT

Senior Journalist, BBC News








Coming Up For Air (Northern Ireland, 2023)


The Good Friday agreement of 1998 brought an end to 30 years of armed conflict in Northern Ireland. 2023 marked the 25th anniversary of that agreement being signed. But despite the peaceful anniversary, sectarianism is still present across the country and is believed to be on the increase, partly as a result of Brexit. This project examined the ongoing tensions and violence rippling beneath the surface in Northern Ireland.