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25th Anniversary of IRA Ceasefire

Saturday the 31st of August 2019 marks 25 years since the Provisional IRA announced a "complete c...

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13.55 29 Aug 2019


25th Anniversary of IRA Ceasefire


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Saturday the 31st of August 2019 marks 25 years since the Provisional IRA announced a "complete cessation of military operations'.

It would be another four years, and many more lives would be lost, before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement - however the 1994 ceasefire was a pivotal moment in the Northern Ireland peace process.

Newstalk reporter, Aideen Finnegan, has been speaking to some of those at the heart of the story.


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