Irish Government represented at 30th anniversary commemoration of attack that killed two children
“But I couldn’t give up [on peace],” said Mr Major who is, along with former taoisigh Albert Reynolds and John Bruton, widely acknowledged as having laid much of the groundwork for the peace process that ultimately led to the Belfast Agreement in 1998, the year after he left office.
In his speech Mr Major lauded the campaigning work of Tim Parry’s parents, Colin and Wendy Parry, who two years after the death of their son founded the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation, which operates a peace centre in Warrington. “It’s not until you come and see places like this as a minister that you realise how important they are,” she said.Ms Humphreys said she believes the Warrington attack “changed Ireland” in 1993, and also impacted upon the course of the Troubles due to the level of public revulsion at the killing of two children.
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