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...retelling of this shameful chapter in British jurisimprudence, the lads are smacked, threatened and humiliated. And Gerry's saintly father (Pete Postlethwaite), jailed with him, is allowed to die slowly, with little medical attention. By the end of the movie, whether or not you're a member of Sinn Fein, the Brits' brutality toward the Conlons will get your Irish...
Neither side would admit to initiating the talks, but Tom Hartley, a Sinn Fein official, conceded that "there's lots of support for negotiation these days." That also applies in London where the government has made clear that finding a solution to the Irish problem is close to the top of its agenda...
...urgency of continuing talks on the future of Ulster. They concurred that all parties, including the I.R.A. and Protestant terrorist groups, could take part in negotiations if they ceased their terror campaigns. Before the Shankill bombing, John Hume, M.P. from Ulster, and Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the I.R.A., had been discussing a new agenda for a peace plan. That was an indication that perhaps the I.R.A. had had enough of the killing game. But when Adams appeared as a pallbearer at bomber Begley's funeral, optimism faded. It now looks very much...
...hoping for an "overnight resolution," he and British officials expressed interest in a fresh peace initiative for Northern Ireland. Advanced by two prominent Roman Catholic leaders in Ulster, the still secret proposal appeared aimed at arranging a cease-fire that in turn could lead to the inclusion of Sinn Fein, the political arm of the outlawed I.R.A., in direct talks with the British and Irish governments and the political parties in Ulster...
...While Fein said he doesn't necessarily advocate intervention, he said the U.S. could help create a "solid framework" to ensure the protection of all cultures...