IRA ceasefire created a window of opportunity
The Irish people owe a deep debt of gratitude to Gerry Adams, John Hume, Albert Reynolds, Fr Alex Reed and the other unsung heroes who helped in creating the Northern Peace Process. Those good people achieved mission impossible.
In the years leading up to the ceasefire, they had to withstand a barrage of criticism. from certain quarters. This criticism was led by the Sunday Independent, prominent among those critics was Michael McDowell.
