consequently was increasingly distrusted by the Government of Northern Ireland. The Council never met. On 23 January 1922 Michael Collins, then head of the Provisional Government in Dublin, met Sir James Craig, then Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, in London, and they agreed amongst other matters that: "The two Governments [are] to endeavour to devise a more suitable system than the Council of Ireland for dealing with problems affecting all Ireland." Abolition After the collapse of the Irish Boundary Commission in 1925, the 1921 Treaty was amended 3 December 1925 by agreement between United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and Irish Free State governments. The Council of Ireland was essentially abolished, as it was transferred to the care of the Northern Ireland government that did not intend to work towards a united Ireland in the foreseeable future. Under Article 5 of that Agreement it was declared that: See also 1973 Sunningdale Agreement, included a "Council of Ireland" North/South Inter-Parliamentary Association and North/South Ministerial Council, under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement References 1920 establishments in Ireland History of Northern Ireland