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Tony Blair visit to Northern Ireland

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Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, visited Northern Ireland to give an important speech. Blair announced that exploratory contacts between government officials and Sinn Féin would be possible provided that 'events on the ground' did not make it impossible.

Source Information

Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)