The art of the political cartoon is showcased in John Kennedy's Warts and All, his new book on 'The Good Friday Agreement'. The cartoons, or more correctly illustrations in this book are by turns humorous, thoughtful and thought-provoking. Each cartoon is based on an event or a particular date from the Agreement to its tenth anniversary.

15 August 1998
A Real IRA car bomb kills 29 people and injures 220 in Omagh, Co. Tyrone.

27 November 2003
Northern Ireland politics become more extreme when DUP and Sinn Fein emerge as the two largest parties in the second Assembly elections.

17 March 2005
The murder of Robert McCartney by the Provisional IRA in January dominates the political debate in Washington during St Patrick's Day celebrations.

30 June 2006
Social Development Minister David Hanson announces that the British Government is to spend £104,000 to help develop the Twelfth of July as a major tourism event.

22 March 2007
The British Government give the UDA £1.2 million to help them transform into a non-paramilitary group.

3 September 2007
Senior Northern Ireland politicians, including Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, attend talks in Finland in an attempt to end sectarian violence in Iraq.

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