The 'Comprehensive Agreement' is the name given to a proposed agreement between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur G ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

, which collapsed in failure in 2004.NI talks end without deal
18 September 2004, (Northern Ireland) BBC NEWS While those talks did fail, it was expected that the same principles, modifying and building on the

Belfast Agreement The Good Friday Agreement (GFA), or Belfast Agreement ( ga, Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or ; Ulster-Scots: or ), is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April 1998 that ended most of the violence of The Troubles, a political conflict in No ...

would form the basis for a future deal in Northern Ireland.

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Proposals by the British and Irish governments for a comprehensive agreement
Text of the Agreement Northern Ireland peace process {{Ireland-hist-stub