Reeling In The Years 1994 [new] -

1994 was a transformative year defined by significant shifts in global politics, the explosion of grunge culture, and the dawn of the commercial internet. If you are looking for content in the style of the RTÉ documentary series Reeling in the Years

On the small screen, the world met Friends . The "Must-See TV" era began, offering a fantasy of communal living in New York that would define sitcoms for the next decade. reeling in the years 1994

The news footage is grainy: a nervous looking John Major in London, a cautious Albert Reynolds in Dublin, and the stunned faces of people in Belfast and Derry who had known violence for 25 years. The peace would be fragile (the Docklands bombing in 1996 proved that), but the ceasefire of 1994 changed the island of Ireland forever. It allowed for the economic boom of the Celtic Tiger. It allowed parents to stop flinching at the sound of a van backfiring. 1994 was a transformative year defined by significant