The most hopeful event in Ireland for the past 25 years has been the recent talks
between the Irish Nationalists who despise IRA violence and the other Nationalists who
support it ("Kee" 18). The militant loyalism in Northern Ireland had grown in a response
to what is being seen as a major threat to the union: the possibility of a new Anglo-Irish
agreement that, protestant loyalists believe, would undermine the position of Northern
Ireland in the United Kingdom or dispose of it altogether ("Cusack" 19).
Suggestions
The conflict in Northern Ireland had many bad times since everything started in the
1100's. It has taken the leaders of both the Irish side and the British side until today to
understand that violence is not the way to accomplish peace in Northern Ireland. Now
that time has passed and leaders are finally talking peace, they should be given the
support of the country so that people in Northern Ireland can obtain peace and continue
with their lives. There are ways to accomplish peace:
1. Eliminate the violence
2. Conduct peace talks
3. Accept the resolutions made by arbitrators
Conclusions
In Northern Ireland the conflict has been looked upon as the "never ending war". It
is so difficult to understand war and also difficult to understand that no one could talk
about this war fluently unless they were there and had experienced some of the events
thats took place in the Irish peoples everyday life. Outlooks for the future have never
been brighter and have been looked upon, but decisions have not been made. Peace in
Northern Ireland would allow the people in it's communities to settle down and forget
about all the violence that happened in the past and continue with their lives without
war.