in 1969, the Royal Ulster Constabulary used tear gas for the first time in its history after nine hours of rioting in the Bogside area of Londonderry.
Being quite young I didn't really understand what was going on and IIRC I tended to go with the orthodoxy of the time - Catholics bad, protestants good. It took a few years before I fully understood the civil rights issues and how Catholics were discriminated against in housing and jobs - not that that justifies terrorism.
This graph shows that following the Good Friday agreement there is still a significant difference in employments rates.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
on this day
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