UK exit from ECHR ‘would remove foundations of Good Friday agreement’

Peace deal cannot be ‘negotiated away’ by British political figures who want to quit ECHR, says Irish deputy PM

Northern Ireland’s peace deal cannot be “negotiated away” by British political figures who want to see the UK quit the European Convention of Human Rights if elected, the Irish tánaiste has warned.

The ECHR is an integral part of the 1998 Belfast Good Friday agreement and withdrawal would remove those foundations of peace, according to Simon Harris, Ireland’s deputy prime minister.