The New Ireland Forum and the Reaction & Key Questions (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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1982 NI Secretary proposing Framework for Devolution
1982 NI Secretary proposing Framework for Devolution
James Prior
Rolling devolution
Rolling devolution
Powers transferred gradually as assembly proved capable
Seats in 1982 proposed NI assembly
Seats in 1982 proposed NI assembly
78
Sinn Féin seats in Oct 1982 assembly election
Sinn Féin seats in Oct 1982 assembly election
5 seats (first time entering)
Year NI assembly dissolved
Year NI assembly dissolved
1986
Taoiseach who launched New Ireland Forum 1983
Taoiseach who launched New Ireland Forum 1983
Garret FitzGerald
NIF unitary state proposal
NIF unitary state proposal
Single Irish state with all 32 counties
NIF joint authority proposal
NIF joint authority proposal
British and Irish govts jointly govern NI
Date Thatcher rejected NIF proposals
Date Thatcher rejected NIF proposals
19 November 1984
Thatcher's phrase rejecting NIF
Thatcher's phrase rejecting NIF
That is out. Out. Out.