In County Tyrone, parish polls. publishes an 'open letter' to Margaret Thatcher. Eustace has a record of repeated conand South Tyrone go to the Two huge car bombs explode in the centre of Belfast and the seaside town of Bangor. Three policemen are injured.
The Guardian runs an editorial on the victory of Owen Carron. It begins: "This time, the result bears only one interpretation. The nationalist people of Fermanagah and South Tyrone had ways, if wey chusc lo lake laell, of dodging the question at the heart ot the h Block crisis They chose not to dodge it, and the massive note for Mr Owen Carron... is the climax of a series of political victories by the Provisional IRA. No matter what the facts are, the belief among nationalists in the constituency is that the men inside the gaol are justified...
The Guardian calls for concessions to be granted to the hunger strikers and observes, 'The vote obliges the major parties in Britain to make a searching examination of their policies.
Michael Devine is buried.
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