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...proclaimed, "is the moment of truth for all paramilitary groupings. They have to make a choice: Will they join together in making peace, or will they isolate themselves?" Coming from Mallon, deputy leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Party, which speaks for the majority of Catholics in Northern Ireland, it was a challenge the Irish Republican Army could ill afford to ignore...
LONDON: In a major breakthrough for stalled Northern Ireland peace talks, British Prime Minister John Major and Irish leader John Bruton announced all party talks will resume on June 10 in Northern Ireland. "Setting a firm date is a very important step at this stage," says TIME's Barry Hillenbrand. "It indicates that the two governments have decided to go ahead with the peace process and are under pressure from all sides to keep the process moving." Before Sinn Fein, the political arm of the IRA, can come to the table, it must first deliver a halt to the recent...
...simple as that. The I.R.A. agreed to the first cease-fire because Adams, with help from the Irish government and John Hume, the leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party, convinced the I.R.A. that political negotiations could achieve results. Just what the I.R.A. is thinking now and what influence Adams has is a puzzle. A senior White House official says, "The key question is, What is Adams' current relationship with the I.R.A.? No one knows that...
...bomb did jolt the parties out of their negotiating lethargy. In recent days Dublin and London have been working together closely--and vigorously--to sort out the torrent of complicated proposals for conferences, referendums, elections and talks that have come from all sides. Everyone seems to have a Northern Ireland peace plan. British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Prime Minister John Bruton hope to meet next week to propose a new schedule for getting talks under way. Whether Sinn Fein and Adams will be included depends very much on the I.R.A. Some sources in Belfast were suggesting that...
...more bombs do go off in Britain--or if sectarian killings resume in Northern Ireland--it will be very difficult to see the way forward to a permanent settlement. Yet the mood in Northern Ireland has clearly shifted toward peace. "There has been a sea change here," insists Denis Faul, a Catholic priest who was involved in ending the I.R.A. hunger strikes in 1981. "Three years ago we would have been slagging each other off over a bombing like the one in London. But now everyone is talking about maintaining the peace. The days of the paramilitaries are numbered...