1990 - 1996 AD

1990 In the Irish Republic, Patrick Hillery was due to retire as the President of Ireland, and Dick Spring the Irish Labour Party leader there persuaded Mary Robinson to nominate as she had been a previous member of the Party but had resigned from the Party over their policy in regards to the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province under the Anglo - Irish Agreement and had then nominated for the Dail Eireann where she was not successful. The Fianna Fail Party also had a strong contender in Brian Lenihan their deputy leader / Tanaiste for the Presidency position, who had supported them solidly for over 30 years. Unfortunately for him he was in conflict with Charles Haughey the leader of the Fianna Fail Party over statements he had made personally about him during a T.V. interview. Albert Reynolds together with Mary O Rourke, the sister of Brian Lenihan, who was also in the Fianna Fail Government, stood by him, and he refused to resign from his Tanaiste position. Charles Haughey then took it upon himself to dismiss him from the Fianna Fail Government. Mary Robinson then went on to become the first woman President of Ireland defeating Brian Lenihan by 86,566 votes. Alan Dukes the leader of the Opposition Fine Gael Party was also replaced at this time by John Bruton.

August: Desmond O Malley the leader of the political Progressive Democratic Party in the Irish Republic put forward a rescue package to the Dail Eireann for the assistance of the Irish Industries Development Authority.

       Margaret Thatcher was gone as the British Conservative Prime Minister and John Major became the new British Conservative Prime Minister in England.

1991 At this time in the Irish Republic, Baron Wallop from Portsmouth in England still had the people of Enniscorthy in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster as his tenants, and Lord Roden still owned the town of Dundalk in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

May: In the Irish Republic the T.V. released details about Larry Goodman in regards to the Irish Industrial Development Authority and Irish Beef and how he had been given preferential treatment by Charles Haughey and the Fianna Fail Government, and this created heated discussion in the Dail Eireann / Irish Assembly and a Judicial Inquiry was to be carried out under Michael O Kennedy, which had been pressed home by the political Progressive Democratic Party under Desmond O Malley, and many of the scandals and their details were released to the public. 

August 31st: The I.R.A. in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province declared a ceasefire under the influence of Gerry Adams the President of the political Sinn Fein Party.    

October 2nd: In the Irish Republic, the Fianna Fail Party held a meeting and Charles Haughey came in for much criticism and Albert Reynolds opposed his previous agreement with the political Progressive Democratic Party, while on the other hand Bertie Ahearn agreed with it, and Albert Reynolds gave out an interview later on in the month declaring he had support in the Fianna Fail Party to remove Charles Haughey as their leader.

November 9th: In the Irish Republic, Sean Power moved to have Charles Haughey replaced as the leader of the Fianna Fail Party, which was seconded by Albert Reynolds who was then dismissed from the Irish Government, as was Padraig Flynn who also supported the motion and he was joined by 3 of the junior ministers.

November 10th: In the Irish Republic, Charles Haughey retained the leadership of the Fianna Fail party by 55 votes for to 21 against.

1992 Albert Reynolds who was now a backbencher in the Irish Republic campaigned heavily throughout Co. Dublin and Co. Kilkenny in Southern Leinster, Co. Cork in Southern Munster and Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province.

January 21st: Sean Doherty acknowledged that Charles Haughey had been involved in the phone tapping of his colleagues in 1982 while in Government and the political Progressive Democratic Party demanded that he should be replaced as leader of the Fianna Fail Government in the Irish Republic.

January  28th: The Fianna Fail Party agreed to dismiss Charles Haughey as their leader in the Irish Republic.

January 30th: Charles Haughey agreed to resign as the leader of the Fianna Fail Party in the Irish Republic.

February 7th: The Fianna Fail leadership issue was resolved in the Irish Republic with Albert Reynolds polling 61 votes to Michael Woods with 10 votes and Mary O Rourke's 6 votes.            

February 11th: Charles Haughey resigned in the Dail Eireann and left as the leader of the Fianna Fail Party and the Government in the Irish Republic.

November 5th: Albert Reynolds and the political Progressive Democratic Party also came to a parting of the way and the 26th Dail Eireann was dissolved in the Irish Republic.

November 25th: The General Election was now held for the Government of Ireland with the Fianna Fail Party losing a further 9 seats down to 68 and the Fine Gael Party lost 10 seats, while the Irish Labour Party had increased their seats from 16 to 33 and the Progressive Democratic Party gained 4 going from 6 to 10 seats.

1993 The Irish population was up by 26 %. overall with 3,500,000 people in the 26 Counties in the Irish Republic, and 1,500,000 in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province who were still under the control of the British Imperial Government  and the "Official" Unionists there, and this meant that the population of these 6 Counties in Ulster despite all of the death and turmoil was now up from 1,300,000 since the Ascendancy had been re - founded there in 1921.  

December: The "Downing Street Declaration" occurred in regards to the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province. which were still under the control of the British Conservative Government, when John Major the British Prime Minister and Albert Reynolds the Taoiseach of the Irish Republic opened  the way for all - party talks. 

1994 August: The I.R.A. in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province again called a cease fire there to begin Peace Talks with the British Conservative Government. - John Smith the British Labour Party leader, died and Tony Blair became their new leader. October: Loyalists announce a cease fire,. December: Peace talks between the British Conservative Government and the Sinn Fein political Party.

1996 February 9th: Still no start to Peace Talks in regards to the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province. which were still under the control of the British Government, as yet, so the I.R.A. decides to force the issue and carried out explosions at the Docklands in London and 2 people were killed and many others were injured. June: Mary Robinson the President of the Irish Republic visited Britain.

1997 May 1st: Tony Blair becomes the British Labour Prime Minister with a majority of 179 seats and in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province. which were still under the control of the British Labour Government, an I.R.A. ceasefire was announced from July 20th.  August 29th: The Sinn Fein political Party invited to join the Peace talks by Tony Blair. October 3rd: Mary Mac Aleese becomes the President of Ireland. September 17th:A Referendum was conducted in Scotland and Wales and a Scottish Parliament approved with 63.5% of voters and a Welsh Assembly was approved with fewer powers by 50.3% of voters.

1998 Tony Blair the British Labour Prime Minister addressed the parliament of the Irish Republic, the first to do so. April 10th: "Good Friday" Agreement. April 22nd: Irish Parliament backed the agreement. which was approved on the May 22nd by the Irish people in 2 referenda with 71% in favour in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province. which were still under the control of the British Labour Government and 94% in the Republic of Ireland. June 26th: New Assembly in the 6 Counties in Ulster. which were still under the control of the British Government and in July David Trimble elected First Minister  and in October David Trimble and John Hume awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1999 July 1st: The Scottish Parliament begins to sit and the Welsh Assembly elections were won by the Labour Party with a small majority. 

2000 April: The Patten Report recommends the reorganization and renaming f the R.U.C. police in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province. which were still under the control of the British Labour Government,  

2001 Tony Blair becomes the British Labour Prime Minister for a second term winning 418 seats out of 659.  September: Iain Duncan Smith elected the leader of the British Conservative Party.

2010 June: After a very long period of a Labour Government in England under Tony Blair and relative peace in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province. which were still under the control of the British Labour Government, a Conservative Government was once again re - elected in England. David Cameron the newly elected British Conservative leader and British Prime Minister, after a long inquiry begun previously by Tony Blair the Labour Prime Minister, accepted the responsibility and finally apologised for the "massacre" carried out on "Bloody Sunday" on the Civil Rights demonstrators in these 6 Counties in the Ulster Province by the British Military paratroopers 38 years before. The Orange Order once again under the Conservatives were allowed to carry out their blatant sectarian ethnic religious marches around the Irish Catholic areas in these 6 Counties in Ulster, which was a continuation of ethnic and sectarian provocation that would not be allowed to be held in any other responsible thinking Country in the World and the violence was to begin all over again !! 

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