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John Hume

Post by tamada » August 3, 2020, 7:09 pm

John Hume, the former SDLP leader, Nobel peace prize winner and leading player in the Northern Ireland peace process, has died aged 83.

His death marks the passing of one of the most important Irish political leaders of the 20th century whose ideas of compromise, opposition to violence and cross-community outreach underpinned the principles of the 1998 Good Friday agreement.

Hume was described on Monday as “the man who kept hope alive” during the darkest days of the Northern Ireland Troubles.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... es-aged-83

A huge loss. A man that achieved so much for his fellow countrymen regardless of their religion.



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