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| 1993, Jan. 12 |
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| Seven weeks after the general elections, the Fianna Fáil and the Labor Party formed a coalition headed by Albert Reynolds, outgoing prime minister. | 1 |
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| March 31 |
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| Paul “Dingus” Magee, one of the IRA's best-known gunmen, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a special constable and the attempted murders of three other police officers in North Yorkshire, England. | 2 |
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| May 26 |
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| The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the security situation in Northern Ireland justified UK legislation allowing the detention of terrorist suspects for up to five days without charge. | 3 |
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| June 24 |
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| The dáil approved the legalization of homosexual acts between consenting adults over age 17. | 4 |
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| Dec. 15 |
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| The UK and Irish prime ministers, John Major and Albert Reynolds, signed a 12-point “Downing Street Declaration” in London, outlining general principles for holding peace talks on Northern Ireland. The initiative was described as “the first step on a road which will remove the bullet and the bomb forever from our small island” by Northern Ireland Social Democratic and Labor Party leader John Hume. | 5 |
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