The World - News from April 20, 1987

Thousands of Roman Catholics throughout Northern Ireland defied new public order laws by marching to commemorate the 1916 Easter uprising against British rule. Police vehicles cruised alongside marching supporters of the outlawed Irish Republican Army in Belfast and Londonderry, where the two largest parades were held, but police made no move to intervene. The marches were illegal because the organizers refused to give the seven days’ notice required under the Public Order Act imposed by British authorities April 2.