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...This Was Ireland...
Despite the muted reaction of Harvard students to St. Patrick's Day, the holiday is considered a bigger event for Irish-Americans than for natives of Ireland itself, said Tomas O'Cathasaigh, Shattuck Professor of Irish Literatures...
...spirit of compromise and hope was abroad in Britain and Ireland last week, and that contrasted sharply with the air of despondency following the I.R.A.'s Feb. 9 bomb blast in London's Docklands, which ended its 17-month cease-fire and appeared to shatter the peace process for Northern Ireland. British Prime Minister John Major and his Irish counterpart, John Bruton, emerged from a Downing Street summit to present a joint plan for all-party talks on Ulster's future that could pave the way for peace. What was needed was a clear signal that the I.R.A. would call...
Other protagonists in the Northern Ireland conflict cautiously came on board and will participate this week in proximity talks styled on the Bosnian discussions in Dayton, Ohio. They intend to work out the details of elections to choose delegates for the all-party negotiations. But even though Major and Bruton set a firm date, June 10, for the full-scale talks, thus fulfilling a key Sinn Fein demand, the I.R.A. seemed determined to stick to its guns--and its bombs. At precisely the same time that Major and Bruton were meeting in London, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams was closeted...
...I.R.A. may yet change its mind and declare a cease-fire. The militants are clearly under pressure. The London bombings have dismayed and disgusted the people of Ireland, undermined support for Sinn Fein in America and damaged the credibility of Adams, who had promised that the I.R.A. had renounced violence. Although it is difficult to see how a permanent solution to the Ulster problem can be achieved without Sinn Fein's involvement, Dublin and London have declared that they will hold all-party talks with or without Adams...