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Peace Comes Dropping Slow

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The story of the Peace People of Northern Ireland

They arose on a tide of emotion four years ago, after three little children were killed in an awful accident of war. They marched in their thousands, clasping hands across the sectarian divide.

Then the tide of emotion receded. The marching stopped and gradually both money and members have faded away. This year the children's mother killed herself and co-founder Betty Williams left the Peace People.

Were they ever-are they still - a force for peace in Northern Ireland? Were they doomed to fail, or did they - do they - bring failure on themselves?
Presenter Molly Price-Owen

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Presenter:
Molly Price-Owen
Writer/Producer:
Hugh Purcell
Source: Radio Times

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