The Troubles

Death

367 deaths

50% were civlians

More catholic than protestants killed

90% were males

15-39 age group most deaths

47,500 were injured

IRA responsible for half the deaths

Destruction

Over 16,000 bombings in NI

Bridges and border-crossings

Destruction in Belfast and mst of larger towns

Political consequences

Power sharing was introduced

Unionists forced to share power

British government was ready to give a greater say to NI

Irish government had greater say in affairs in NI

DUP and Sinn Fein rise

DUp replaced Unionists Party as main unionists party

Sinn Fein replaced SDLP as main nationalist party

US government

Economic consequences

South now catches up to NI

Belfast city centre lost business

Afraid to invest in NI because of the bombings

Foreign firms did not want to set up factories

Unemployment huge rate increased

about a 14% increase

Businesses wrecked by bombing

Greater poverty in NI compared to the rest of Britain

Dependence on state welfare benefits

Impact on North-South relations

Improved at the end

Lemass and O'Neill

1960s

Improved relations

Tensions rose as Troubles began

Nationalists moved to South for safety

Jack Lynch's TV address

Foundation of Provisional IRA

Bloody Sunday

Changes in Irish government policy in 1970s

led to improved relations

All four attempts of peace

Sunningdale

Hillsborough

Good Friday

Impact on relation between English and Irish

Improved at the end

Went very bad in The Troubles

Improved after the Good Friday Agreement

The Sunningdale Agreement

Hillsborough Agreement

Downing Street Declaration 1993

1998 The Good Friday Agreement