The World - News from Feb. 26, 1986
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher extended an olive branch to leaders of Northern Ireland’s largely Protestant Unionist community, hoping to defuse growing tension and plans for a protest strike in the province Monday. After the London meeting, Unionist leaders appeared to draw back from a confrontation over the Anglo-Irish accord giving the Irish Republic a voice in Ulster affairs on behalf of minority Catholics. Britain responded favorably to a proposal by the Rev. Ian Paisley and other Unionists for a conference among the main Ulster parties to discuss limited home rule.
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