abstract:The New Ireland Forum was a forum in 1983–84 at which Irish nationalist political parties discussed potential political developments that might alleviate the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The Forum was established by Garret FitzGerald, then Taoiseach, under the influence of John Hume.
On Tuesday night the DUP and the Ulster Unionist leaders invited other unionist politicians and groups to join the forum to address the flags issue and that the new grouping would also strengthen British cultural identity in Northern Ireland.