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Northern Ireland
- Terrence O'Neill
- Became PM in 1963
- Not a popular choice
among his own party the
OUP, who wanted Brian
Faulkner to become leader
- Not a popular choice
among his own party the
OUP, who wanted Brian
Faulkner to become leader
- Economic Policies
- Investment of £900
million in the economy
- Modernisation of
railway systems
and new
motorways
- Co-operation with the
Dublin-based Irish
Trades Union Congress
- Economic
Council under
Brian Faulkner
- Ministry of
Development (including
transport and local
government) in January
1965 to drive economic
revival
- New city between
Lugan and Portadown,
Craigavon
- New university
in Coleriane
(caused
controversy)
- Successes
- A number of multinational
firms opened
- Michelin, Dupont, Goodyear,etc.
- Michelin, Dupont, Goodyear,etc.
- Construction of motorway system begun
- Oil refinery opened in Belfast
- New airport under development
- Agreement
signed for supply
of electricty from
the South
- 35,000 new jobs
- Failures
- 1963-1969- finacial
assistance given to Harland
and Wolff to keep it afloat
- Unemployment
averaged between 7%
and 8%
- Companies refused grants to open
factories west side of the Bann, remote
areas not big enough for export markets
- Unemployment in the
west was 12.5%
- Traditional industries
reclining
- rope making, linen, shipbuilding
- rope making, linen, shipbuilding
- 20,000 jobs lost
- 1963-1969- finacial
assistance given to Harland
and Wolff to keep it afloat
- A number of multinational
firms opened
- Political Policies
- On 14 January 1965
O'Neill met with
Taoiseach Sean Lemass-
the first face-to-face
meeting since 1925.
- Visited William Conway, Archbishop of Armagh
- Offered offical condolences
on the death of Pope John
XXII in June 1963
- Visited Catholic schools and
hospitals and increased finacial
support
- Unionist reactions
- Declared UVF
illegal after it killed
two Catholics in
1966
- Introduced Five
Point Reform
Programme in 1968,
Catholic civil rights
- Electricity, Tourism and Trade links with ROI
- Improve relations between both states, as Nationalists
identified with the ROI
- On 14 January 1965
O'Neill met with
Taoiseach Sean Lemass-
the first face-to-face
meeting since 1925.
- Investment of £900
million in the economy
- Promised to introduce
'bold and imaginative
measures'
- Believed the 'face of
Ulster' had to change
for N.I to prosper
- Became PM in 1963
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