Shaking The Dust Off Our Feet: An Ulster Timeline

"I sat down and wept. I wept for the opportunities lost. I wept for the hopes and dreams destroyed. I wept for the suffering of the people. I wept for the blood shed....and the bloodshed to come"

Merlyn Rees 1985.
 
"The Prime Minister asked me some 10 days before the collapse of Mr Faulkner's administration to collate reports about the ramifications of a total pullout of all military and civilians from Northern Ireland. It was a request that stunned me but nevertheless I facilitated his wishes.

I have to say that the reports horrified me that is suggested that the Prime Minister rethink his plan but he was unmoved"

Robert Armstrong 2004
 
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