Word: sectarian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hunger strike in Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. The election cast a shadow over Anglo-Irish relations, particularly since both countries have been seeking ways to work toward a settlement in Ulster. The Agnew-Doherty issue could draw the Republic deeper into Northern Ireland's sectarian strife. Dublin had managed to keep its distance from the furor that followed the death of Bobby Sands, a member of the British Parliament, last month. I.R.A. strategists intend to deny that luxury in the future. Said one: "Will the Irish parliament remain silent, as the British one did, when...
...hearse. Three more I.R.A. men suddenly appeared with rifles and fired into the air the traditional three volleys of honor and mourning. The procession, discreetly shepherded by police and British troops, moved past Protestant strongholds, where tall screens were erected to prevent even eye contact between the rival sectarian groups...
Even if wholesale sectarian violence is kept at bay, Sands' death and the continuing hunger strikes could create serious political hazards in the weeks ahead. Particularly threatened is Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey. Last December, he and Thatcher agreed to a series of consultations on the whole spectrum of Irish-British relations, an understanding that Haughey had hoped to exploit in an upcoming general election as a small step toward Irish unification. Now Haughey clearly has been weakened by the reaction to Sands' death. He has prudently decided to delay the upcoming election date, originally expected for this...
...Fanning sectarian embers...
...murders, with all their similarities to the I.R.A.'s killing of Lord Mountbatten in August 1979, drew condemnation from moderates on both sides of the sectarian struggle. "Even at 86 years of age," said Catholic Politician Austin Currie, "Sir Norman was still incomparably more of a man than the cowardly dregs of humanity who ended his life in this barbaric way." Still, the violence seemed to signal a new round of tit-for-tat murders. Last week the Ulster Defense Association, a Protestant paramilitary organization, warned Protestants to fight "this conspiracy to destroy our homeland...