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Article: Sinn Fein returns to the fold
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 7, 1994
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THE HANDSHAKE between an Irish taoiseach and a Sinn Fein leader
which took place in Dublin yesterday was hailed as a historic
milestone in the Irish peace process.
The meeting between Albert Reynolds and Gerry Adams of Sinn
Fein, the first time since the Irish Civil War period in the 1920s
that such an event has taken place, was viewed in Irish political
circles as a momentous entry for the IRA and Sinn Fein into
legitimate politics.
Together with the SDLP leader, John Hume, the two men issued a
joint statement which said: "We are at the beginning of a new era
in which we are all totally and absolutely committed to democratic
and peaceful methods of resolving our political problems."
But ...