 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bruton akagadzirawo ukama hwekushanda naGerry Adams weSinn Féin, zvisinei vose vari vaviri vakanga vasina kuvimbana mumwe nomumwe. Ukama hwacho hwakakanganisika pashure pokuguma kwechibvumirano chokurambidza kupisa muna 1996, zvichiguma nokuputika kwebhomba muLondon. Hukama uhwu hwakaipa apo IRA yakauraya Jerry McCabe, nhengo yeGarda Síochána, mukupamba kwakatadza kuitwa pahofisi yeposvo muCounty Limerick, uye kumwe kuputika kwebhomba muManchester. Zvisinei, Bruton akagamuchira kurumbidzwa kwakapararira muRepublic yekupomera Royal Ulster Constabulary yekubvuma kutyisidzira kwevakavimbika kuDrumcree nekubvumira nhengo dzeOrange Order kuti dzifambe nedunhu renyika. Iye akataura kuti RUC yakanga isina kuva isina rusaruro kana kuti kuwirirana mukushandisa mutemo. Kutsamwira kwake uye kutsoropodza kwake zvakatungamirira kumugariro wokunetseka pakati peLondon neDublin. Panguva yesarudzo huru dza1997 Sinn Féin akataura kuti vaizosarudza hurumende inotungamirirwa neFianna Fáil uye IRA yakatangazve kumira kwavo pakarepo mushure mekunge Fine Gael yarasikirwa nesarudzo huru dza1997. 