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Interview: Fionnuala O'Connor discusses the return of Northern Ireland to British rule
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NPR Talk of the Nation
10-15-2002
Interview: Fionnuala O'Connor discusses the return of Northern Ireland to British rule
Host: NEAL CONAN
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM
NEAL CONAN, host:
Northern Ireland returned to British rule today. The Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended after three years of power sharing between local Catholics and Protestants. British officials today predicted that the assembly will not be revived unless the IRA, the Iris...
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