<P> Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) opposed the Declaration, James Molyneaux of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) argued that it was not a "sell - out" of unionists, and Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin requested dialogue with the governments and clarification of the Declaration . </P> <P> On 6 April 1994 the Provisional IRA announced a three - day "temporary cessation of hostilities" to run from Wednesday 6 April--Friday 8 April 1994 . </P> <P> Five months later, on Wednesday 31 August 1994, the Provisional IRA announced a "cessation of military operations" from midnight . Albert Reynolds, the Irish Taoiseach, said that he accepted the IRA statement as implying a permanent ceasefire . Many unionists were sceptical . UUP leader James Molyneaux, in a rare slip, declared "This (the ceasefire) is the worst thing that has ever happened to us ." </P> <P> In the following period there were disputes about the permanence of the ceasefire, whether parties linked to paramilitaries should be included in talks, and the rate of "normalisation" in Northern Ireland . Loyalist bombings and shootings, and punishment beatings from both sides, continued . </P>

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