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Radio 4,20 May 2011,30 mins

Garret FitzGerald, Pam Gems, Elisabeth Svendsen, Ernesto Sabato, Bernard Greenhouse

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Matthew Bannister on The former Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald. He helped persuade Margaret Thatcher to sign the Anglo Irish agreement which paved the way for power sharing in Northern Ireland. Also the playwright Pam Gems - whose best known works are Piaf and Stanley. Sir Antony Sher pays tribute. Elisabeth Svendsen who founded the Donkey Sanctuary charity after being left 204 donkeys in someone's will. Ernesto Sabato the Argentinian writer who led the country's investigation into the thousands who disappeared under military dictatorship. And Bernard Greenhouse, cellist and co founder of the world famous Beaux Arts Trio.

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