Timeline Thursday 30 March 1972

Events on Thursday 30 March 1972 1

• 1972 Direct rule imposed on Northern Ireland London suspends Stormont and takes direct control In the wake of escalating violence including Bloody Sunday, the British government prorogued the Northern Ireland Parliament at Stormont and imposed direct rule from Westminster. The move ended fifty years of devolved government in the province. Direct rule would continue, on and off, for decades.