SINCE 1921 Northern Ireland has been part United Tollowing Act, which separate parliaments in Belfast and Dublin. This Act also Council of Ireland to deal with mat ters in which both parts of Ireland had interests. It was hoped the set ting up of such institutions would lead to a united Ireland.
In 1949, however, Ireland Act which said that no part of Northern Ireland would break away from the United Kingdom without the consent of the Northern Ireland Ireland Parliament was prorogued in March 1972. and direct rule introduc.
dowers were cansterreas li The 1973 Northern Ireland Constitution Act later repealed the provision in the change in the constitutional status of Northern Instead down that 'in no event' would NorCOMESS ON meant. the *right of the Irish people to determine their own future' As far as the uniNot ireland COLcerned, 'the Labour ly to the conclusion that parton is n remedy The solution the commission did offer was that Ireland, as whole, should be given independence but the government snould ask ine country lo remain within the British emoire But, said the commission, it believed the final decision should lie with 'an Irish constituent assembly representing the whole Irish people' Wing there Kingdom Government Northern established a Kingdom.
and Labour and Republican the WestIn late passed the Agreement, establishment had plemented Assembly Nortern ecutive.
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was unsuccessful securing these demands.
Partition was imposed on Ireland by the British.
The Council of Ireland, established by the Government of Ireland Act, never met But least the Party had established the principles by which the 'Irish problem' should be resolved. Partition Unfortunately these principles were overturned by the Government of 1945-51 The Ireland Act of 1949 rather than challenging partition strengthened it.
It gave the Unionist
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