Abstract
The Northern Ireland question is the key question all over the world. The question is not only close related to the Britain and the Republic of Ireland, but also influences on Europe political and economic situation. Besides it, it is more important for the stability of West Europe. This essay is to list the conflicts between the British government and the Irish Republican Army in 1970s, to analyze the British government policies made to the IRA, to elaborate the IRA’s own ideology, with the view to state their influences on the 1981 Irish hunger strike, and on the develop of the Northern Ireland question.
Highlights
Were made in the purpose of suppression the IRA
After the last internees being released by Rees, the IRA gradually returned to the offensive. (Bishop, P. and Mallie, E., 1987, PP. 224) In republicans’ eyes, the ceasefire was a ‘disaster’. (Bishop, P. and Mallie, E., 1987, PP. 217) From on, the PIRA entered into the phrase of more offensive sectarian killing
Ulsterization was a strategy similar to ‘Vietnamization’, with the purpose of improving the security system in Ulster. It ensured that the RUC and UDR would be reorganized and expanded, while British regular troops were decreased in numbers gradually
Summary
No-jury charge, disastrous ceasefire, criminalization, IRA being convicted as ‘detainees’, ‘terrorist’, and ‘criminals’ respectively, they launched the hunger strikes to struggle for their political status. Regular troops would eventually be replaced by the RUC and UDR, (McKittrick, D. and McVea, D., 2000, PP.123) both to confront IRA and loyalists paramilitary groups and to take charge of security in Northern Ireland.
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