Clips from this interview feature in As I Remember It: Bertie Ahern & the Good Friday Agreement #GFA25.

Born in Dublin, Avila Kilmurray has been living and working in Northern Ireland since 1975.

A prominent women’s rights activist, Ms Kilmurray was one of the women who occupied an empty Social Services building in 1997 to establish Derry Women’s Aid – the first shelter for women and their children as victims of domestic violence.

In 1996, she joined with Monica McWilliams and a number of women in setting up the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition (NIWC) – a political party that crossed the sectarian divide and adopted a party platform based on inclusion, equality and human rights.

THE WOMEN'S COALITION TALK TO THE MEDIA BEFORE THE START OF THE ALL PARTY TALKS IN DUBLIN CASTLE. 16/2/1998 Photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

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