S5E6: 1986 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E1: 1963-1968 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

When Terence O'Neill becomes the new prime minister of Northern Ireland, there is hope that sectarian tensions will reduce as he ...

S5E2: 1975 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

In January the IRA declare an 'indefinite ceasefire' and secret talks take place between the government and Sinn Fein. Unionists and l...

S5E3: 1978 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

The IRA are feeling the squeeze as secretary of state Roy Mason continues with a 'military solution' to the conflict. However, althoug...

S5E4: 1980 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

This week Pop Goes Northern Ireland focuses on 1980. The government holds a constitutional conference in the hope of making progress o...

S5E5: 1983 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

The NI Assembly continues to sit but remains without any powers due to a nationalist boycott. The year sees the beginning of the contr...

S5E6: 1986 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Unionist opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 continues. In January, 15 by-elections in Northern Ireland, caused by Unionis...

S5E7: 1989 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

The violence continues in Northern Ireland. February sees allegations of ‘state collusion' in the killing of solicitor Pat Finucane. I...

S5E8: 1991 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

The violence continues throughout the year. In February the IRA launch an attack on the cabinet when a mortar bomb explodes in the gar...

S5E9: 1996 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

The peace process is stalled over the issue of decommissioning. In January, Senator George Mitchell's report recommends the beginning ...

S5E10: 1999 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

The full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement is stalled over the issue of decommissioning. The Ulster Unionist Party insists ...