The road to the Anglo-Irish Agreement: The New Ireland Forum
The Hunger Strike of 1981 saw a surge in violence that left scores killed. With no end to the Troubles imaginable and Sinn Féin emerging as a serious electoral force, constitutional nationalism decided it had to do something. Taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald and the SDLP leader John Hume had a meeting of minds resulting in The New Ireland Forum.
What does the Forum recommend?
Was it more than just a talking shop?
And did it lead to the later Anglo-Irish Agreement?
Ciarán Dunbar spoke to historian Séan Ó Duibhir.
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