A Provisional IRA ceasefire sees the release of 25 prisoners in Northern Ireland
The decision was taken by Northern Ireland Secretary Merlyn Rees in the hope that the ceasefire would be extended. 20 of those released were republicans while five were loyalists. With the exception of one woman, 18-year-old Breige McPhillips, who was being held in Armagh, the prisoners were men detained in Long Kesh.
21-year-old Brian Davison, who had been interned for two years and eight months says that
The republican movement realised that the Irish people as a whole wanted peace.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 15 January 1975.
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