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

Fianna Fáil TD David Andrews was the serving Foreign Affairs Minister while the Good Friday Agreement talks were ongoing and was one of four TDs on the Irish Government delegation.

He had two stints in the ministry over his career – one between 1992 and 1993 and his second from 1997 to 2000.

He served as a TD from 1965 until 2002.

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern waves as he arrives at Dublin Castle, with Foreign minister David Andrews to receive the results of the Northern Ireland peace referendum May 23 1998. Ian Waldie/REUTERS / Alamy Stock Photo

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