Her of the Official sion, reporting on the events in the North -ot reland in 1969, clearly stated the existence of this discrimination.
In short the situation in the North of #reland is not 'a religious clash between two communities. It is one where the Protestant/Unionists discriminated against a Catholic population made a permanent minority by a rigging of the border. This was the price of trying to prevent the Irish people expressing their No-one but the most bigots today tries discrimination in Northern Ireland prior • 1972. But the fact is that since direc ule was enacted in March 1972 religiou political discrimination has continued and it is clear that anti-Catholic discrimination continues to high among Catholics as among protestants, less than half as many Catholics were employers, there were only half the number of managers, well under half as many foremen. number of professionals as among Protion, shown in table 1, 50 per cent more homes in Catholic areas had no fixed bath and no hot water.
Protestant areas had no inside WC. Only a third as many households in Catholic areas as in Protestant had cars, Neither has the situation substantially since. The SACHR started its investigation in January 1985. It noted between the characteristics of the Protestant and Catholic sections of the community in Northern Ireland. The statistics illustrated differences in such areas as and housing. They underlined the fact that Catholics and Protestants continued to exist, notably in terms of employment and unemployment.
Catholic males were 50 per cent less likely than Protestants to be in white collar jobs. Furthermore within social groups. unemployment hits Catholics far more severely than Protestants.
two decades eliminate discrimination, the unemploydiscredited ment rate among Catholic men was 2½ defend the times the unemployment Protestant men.
found that the differences could not be explained by region and that educational differences are not the cause The SACHR report, which is body established by the levels than Catholics.
Male unemployment was twice as and onlv a third the bolsters.
Taking measures of social deprivathan Protestant A third more homes in Catholic than in Irish state.
changed In July 1985 the government published donderry, showing marked difference. • substantial differences between In 1983-85, according to SACHR public appointments those of Even by the mid-1980s, after almost of supposed action to rate among The As to the cause of that the PSI study