RTÉ News reports on the announcement of an IRA ceasefire. Reporter Charlie Bird was handed a copy of a statement from the IRA and a cassette tape.

The report features Charlie Bird on the telephone reading from the statement which announces a ceasefire from midnight and includes extracts from the recording of the IRA spokesperson.

RTÉ news was used as the means for the IRA to announce a ceasefire on the 31 August 1994.

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