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HISTORICAL FACTS: John major reprimanded john bruton for stormy speech in 1995 - Caught on Camera

British Prime Minister John Major (left) and the Republic of Ireland’s Prime Minister John Bruton during a news conference at Castle Building, Stormont today (Monday). - (PA Archive)

John Major wrote to John Bruton to reprimand him for a speech in London that would cause “a storm” in 1995 while he was “up to my eyeballs” in New Zealand.

The Taoiseach made an address at a dinner in the English capital on Armistice Day, where he said that he and Mr Major had “worked closely together in advancing the peace process”.

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