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IRA Cease Fire Moves Toward Negotiations in Northern Ireland
The Irish Republican Army agrees to a complete cessation of military ops as talks with Britain and Sinn Fein accelerate. Key figures include John Hume Gerry Adams Albert Reynolds and Tony Major with U.S. backing and a push from Washington for a peace process. Protestants in West Belfast protest and question the sincerity of the IRA move while officials in Dublin and London pursue a negotiated settlement supported by new leadership in Britain and Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
John Hume
North
Sinn Fein
IRA
Hume
Gerry Adams
Britain
John Major
Margaret Thatcher
London
Dublin
Albert Reynolds
Charles Haughey
Washington
Clinton
Martin McGuinness
Peter Brooke
Michael Oatley
McGuinness
Ulster Unionist Party
Major
James Molyneaux
House of Commons
Adams
Reynolds
Downing Street
Ireland
West Belfast
Roy Magee
al Gore
U.S
Massachusetts
Richard Neal
Falls Road
West