Mandate trade union shop stewards representing staff at Dunnes Stores will meet within the next fortnight to decide how to escalate the strike campaign following a one-day stoppage almost two weeks ago.

THE North was in a virtual political vacuum throughout 1977, as there was no single recognised political leader within either the Nationalist or Unionist communities. The Dublin government had a twin policy designed primarily to ensure the British protected the rights of the minority in the North and encouraged agreement on a power-sharing basis.