Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Impact Of Conflict In Northern Ireland
- Social Segregation
- Social Segregation caused Protestants and Catholics to be unable to interact and understand each other
- Made it difficult for Catholics and Protestants to resolve hatred and suspicion built up during their conflict
- Conflict between Catholics and Protestants were not resolved till today
- Declining Economy
- Violence in Northern Ireland made cost of security high as often bombings destroyed infrastructures and factories
- Foreign and Domestic investors did not want to invest their businesses in Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Economy decline
- Little money earned
- Damage caused by violence and bombings cannot be repaired
- Slow progress and development of Northern Ireland
- Economic harships and lower living standards
- Catholics and protestants blamed each other for these problems
- Hatred deepen
- Political Reform
- Civil marches was carried out to pressurise the Gov to pass anti-discrimination measures
- Unfair voting system was abolished
- Gov promised to re-look at the allocation of public housings
- HOWEVER, other discriminatory policies still continued
- Power sharing between Catholic and Protestant political parties were unsuccessful as parties were unwilling compromise
- Political reform only achieved limited success due to existing problems between Catholics and protestants