Over the Easter period in 1986 there were several violent
clashes between loyalist protestors against the Anglo-Irish Agreement and the
police. On 1 April one protestor in Portadown was hit with a plastic bullet by
the police and subsequently died. In all, dozens of protestors and police
officers were injured during clashes.
In this Good Evening
Ulster report, Peter Robinson speaks outside Stormont to Norman Stockton,
condemning the violent actions of any protestors, but also placing the
responsibility for the disturbances on the British government for refusing to
overturn the Agreement. Pressed by the interviewer he refuses to ask protestors
not to attack officers or to join the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party in
condemning attacks specifically against the security forces.