Former Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds waves as he arrives at Stormont's Parliament Buildings in Belfast, northern Ireland May 8, 2007. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Former Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds, who played a key role in advancing talks towards brokering peace in Northern Ireland, died on Thursday. He was 81.
Reynolds served as prime minister from 1992 to 1994, a period in which he and then British premier John Major signed the Downing Street Declaration, a landmark agreement in the eventual ending of three decades of sectarian bloodshed.
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