Sunningdale and the Ulster Workers Strike: The forgotten power-sharing ‘experiment’

Sunningdale and the Ulster Workers Strike: The forgotten power-sharing ‘experiment’

By Belfast Telegraph

In 1973 the ‘Sunningdale Agreement’ established power-sharing in Northern Ireland, preceding the Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement by 25 years. It even had an All-Ireland dimension. But it met with a backlash and was brought down by the Ulster Workers Strike. 


In the first part of a three-part series, Ciarán Dunbar explores the Sunningdale Agreement and its workings – and asks if it ever had a chance? 


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