Any lessons learned from the breakdown of the last IRA ceasefire should be "taken to heart and acted upon as a matter of urgency", according to the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Most Rev
Walton Empey.
During an address in St Patrick's Cathedral, the archbishop welcomed the ceasefire and said he hoped and prayed that all those in the peace process would learn from the past.
The long-suffering people of Northern Ireland deserved "a cessation of brutal murder and destruction", he added.
He congratulated the leaders of the Orange Order for their courageous decision to re-route some of the more controversial marches scheduled for July 12th. "As one who has criticised them so often in the past, I am delighted to pay tribute to them for a decision that undoubtedly had a profound bearing on the renewal of the ceasefire," he said.
The archbishop also condemned the murder of Ms Bernadette Martin.