Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Northern Ireland
- causes
- Divided loyalties
- Protestants doesn't want
to be reunited with
Republic of Ireland
- they fear that the
catholic government
may not be tolerant to
their beliefs
- Catholics want to be
reunited with Republic of
Ireland
- makes catholics
and protestants
intolerant of each
other
- Unequal allocation of
housing
- Catholics were 'deprived' from
getting their own house. However,
Protestants were given more houses
than the Catholics.
- This was unfair for the
Catholics because they had
to wait for many years to own
a house
- made Catholics frustrated
with the shortage of housing
- The government have
taken measures to improve
housing to reduce
dissatisfaction among the
catholics.
- Unequal employment
oppurtunities
- Catholics find it hard to find
jobs because they were given
to Protestant
- jobs were given based
on religion
- especially government
jobs
- Lack of voting rights
- ONLY those who owned a
house and a business is
entitled to vote
- 2 votes/household
- This was unfair for the poorer
catholics as richer protestants that
owned bigger companies ended up
with more votes
- majority of votes came
from protestants
- lack of opportunities for
social interaction
- Fully funded public
schools (for protestants
ONLY)
- British history
- play british sports
- rugby,
hockey &
cricket
- Private schools (for
catholics ONLY) - partly
funded by government
- Irish history
- Taught irish language
and culture
- play Irish sports
- hurling
- Consequence
- Social segregetion
- Catholics and the Protestants are segregated
due to the atmosphere of tension and violence
- It is seldom for young children in
Northern Ireland to meet someone from
the other community.
- leading to lack of
understanding between the
two groups
- Declining economy
- the conflict discouraged domestic and
foreign investors from investing in the
country
- hence, affecting
Northern Ireland's
economy
- Political platform
- civil rights out
pressure on Northern
Ireland to pass
anti-discrimination
measures
- Northern Ireland
announced getting rid of
reforms(or ineffective
system/institutions) in
local government in
Northern Ireland