{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/6a84192b39e73ea8f3ba9301?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"‘Peace at last’: The 1994 Loyalist Ceasefires ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1787042087131-e681f46c-e79c-4f6d-86a8-0f6940328c49.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On the 13 October 1994, six weeks after the IRA announced a ‘complete cessation’, the Loyalist paramilitary groups declared their ceasefires. </p><p><br></p><p>The UVF’s Gusty Spence announced loyalist violence was over, in a step that is seen as one of the vital steps towards a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by former PUP leader Billy Hutchinson, Historian Aaron Edwards, and journalists Allison Morris, Mark Simpson, and Vincent Kearney.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>This episode was originally published in October 2024.</em></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}