Ulster Accord Implemented
Associated Press
BELFAST, Northern Ireland —
Officials of Britain and Ireland put their new Northern Ireland agreement into practice today, but they met behind a barbed-wire barrier to keep out angry Protestants who want the troubled province to remain forever British.
The delegations were led by Peter Barry, the Irish foreign minister, and Tom King, Britain’s Northern Ireland secretary. Their meeting marked formal implementation of the Nov. 15 accord giving Ireland a consultative role in the administration of the predominantly Protestant province.
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