<P> Five months later , on Wednesday 31 August 1994 , the Provisional IRA announced a `` cessation of military operations '' from midnight . Albert Reynolds , the Irish Taoiseach , said that he accepted the IRA statement as implying a permanent ceasefire . Many unionists were sceptical . UUP leader James Molyneaux , in a rare slip , declared `` This ( the ceasefire ) is the worst thing that has ever happened to us . '' </P>
<P> Five months later , on Wednesday 31 August 1994 , the Provisional IRA announced a `` cessation of military operations '' from midnight . Albert Reynolds , the Irish Taoiseach , said that he accepted the IRA statement as implying a permanent ceasefire . Many unionists were sceptical . UUP leader James Molyneaux , in a rare slip , declared `` This ( the ceasefire ) is the worst thing that has ever happened to us . '' </P>
where did the ira declare a cease fire in 1994
where did the ira declare a cease fire in 1994
Wednesday 31 August 1994
Wednesday 31 August 1994