Former Taoiseach reflects on the 30th anniversary of the IRA ceasefire

 

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the IRA ceasefire.

It was a key turning point during the Troubles resulting in the Belfast Agreement and a transition to peace.

Loyalist paramilitaries followed suit two months later, ceasing “all operational hostilities” – marking the beginning of the end of decades of violence.

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says many people didn’t believe that the ceasefire would end the Troubles……………….

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