The major paramilitary groups of the two sides signed numerous ceasefires over the years, including the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 and the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, and though news of sporadic violence still appears occasionally, after the IRA announced its disarmament in 2001, turning to advocating political means, the former troubles of Northern Ireland have been steadily fading from our memories.
兩派的主要政治組織多次簽下包括 1985 年英美協定和 1998 年北愛和平協定的停火協議後，零星衝突仍時有所聞。但 2001 年愛爾蘭共和軍再次宣布繳械，轉而以政治手段宣揚主張之後，世人已逐漸淡忘了北愛曾有的肅殺。