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In the Irish context, nationalists are those political communities who promote a complete separation from Great Britain and the reunification of Ireland. There are two distinct traditions: the constitutional nationalists, represented by the Social and Democratic Labour Party (SDLP), and the republicans (with Sinn Féin as their main representative). Nowadays, radical or republican extreme positions have lost some of their violence and sectarianism and political fanaticism has almost disappeared from the political scenario since the IRA announced a ceasefire in 1994 and declared in 2005 that the armed struggle was over.

Sources

Boyce, David George. The Irish question and British Politics. Basingstoke, Macmillian Education, 1988.

Hume, John. A New Ireland: Politics, Peace and Reconciliation (2nd edition) Dublin, Roberts Rinehard Publishers, 2000.

External sources

New York Times. 'Cease-fire in Northern Ireland: The Overview' Ed. William M. Smith. September 1994. <http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/01/world/cease-fire-northern-ireland-overview-ira-declares-cease-fire-seeing-new.html>

BBC News. 'The IRA statement in full' July 2005. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4724599.stm>

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-The nationalists are those political communities who promote a complete separation from Great Britain and the reunification of Ireland. There are two distinct traditions: the [[constitutional nationalists]] or the [[Social and Democratic Labour Party]] (SDLP), and the [[republicans]] (with [[Sinn Féin]] as their main representative). Nowadays, radical or republican extreme positions have lost some of their violence and sectarianism and political fanaticism has almost disappeared from the political scenario since the [[IRA]] announced the cease of fire in 1994 and declared in 2005 that the arm struggle was over.
+In the Irish context, nationalists are those political communities who promote a complete separation from Great Britain and the reunification of Ireland. There are two distinct traditions: the constitutional nationalists, represented by the Social and Democratic Labour Party (SDLP), and the republicans (with [[Sinn Féin]] as their main representative). Nowadays, radical or republican extreme positions have lost some of their violence and sectarianism and political fanaticism has almost disappeared from the political scenario since the [[IRA]] announced a ceasefire in 1994 and declared in 2005 that the armed struggle was over.
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 Boyce, David George. ''The Irish question and British Politics''. Basingstoke, Macmillian Education, 1988.
-Hume, John. 'A New Ireland: Politics, Peace and Reconciliation' (2nd edition) Dublin, Roberts Rinehard Publishers, 2000.
+Hume, John. ''A New Ireland: Politics, Peace and Reconciliation'' (2nd edition) Dublin, Roberts Rinehard Publishers, 2000.
 == External sources ==
-New York Times. 'CEASE-FIRE IN NORTHERN IRELAND: THE OVERVIEW' Ed. William M. Smith. September 1994.
+New York Times. 'Cease-fire in Northern Ireland: The Overview' Ed. William M. Smith. September 1994.
 <http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/01/world/cease-fire-northern-ireland-overview-ira-declares-cease-fire-seeing-new.html>
 BBC News. 'The IRA statement in full' July 2005.
 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4724599.stm>