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Members of the Irish Dail nominated candidates and then voted to elect John Bruton of the Fine Gael Party as the new prime minister. He defeated Bertie Ahern, leader of the Fianna Fail Party…

Irish political leaders discussed the future of Ireland’s government. In November, unable to keep his coalition government together, Irish Prime Minister Reynolds resigned. The conflict betw…

On November 16th, Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds resigned under threat of a no confidence motion. His Labour Party supporters refused to support him due to disagreement over the govern…

Mr. Spring discussed new efforts designed to bring about a peaceful solution to the status of Northern Ireland. Prime Minister John Major, Irish leader Albert Reynolds, and officials with th…

President Bill Clinton met with Deputy Prime Minister Dick Spring while on vacation to discuss the implications of the IRA cease-fire proposal.