In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the politicians who controlled housing were doing so in a very discriminatory fashion.
In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the politicians who controlled housing were doing so in a very discriminatory fashion.
It took immense effort by two governments, the U.S. president, all the political parties on this island and the massive support of the people of Ireland to achieve this prize, ... I ask (the IRA) to demonstrate for all to see their patriotism and the desire to move the situation forward by ... beginning voluntarily the process of decommissioning.
There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity.
I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.
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