{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/68e91c2cd14438356ba048fe?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The road to the Anglo-Irish Agreement: The New Ireland Forum","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1760107441856-2c4c1525-08b4-41c3-bb8d-c2f6469a2e34.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Hunger Strike of 1981 saw a surge in violence that left scores killed.&nbsp;With no end to the Troubles imaginable and Sinn Féin emerging as a serious electoral force, constitutional nationalism decided it had to do something.&nbsp;Taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald and the SDLP leader John Hume had a meeting of minds resulting in The New Ireland Forum.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>What does the Forum recommend?&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Was it more than just a talking shop?&nbsp;</li><li>And did it lead to the later Anglo-Irish Agreement?&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ciarán Dunbar spoke to historian Séan Ó Duibhir.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}