Students will assess the role of the Prime Minister in the Northern
Ireland context and they will describe the style of leadership
exhibited by their chosen Prime Minister. The discussion on the role
of prime Minister will also focus on any major areas of controversy
which arose during his term of office and an attempt will be made to
evaluate the response of the individual Prime Minister to the
controversy.
During the course of this essay I shall be examining the role of
Terence O’Neill in his term as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. I
shall describe his style of leadership and in particular focus on his
responses to some of the major controversial issues that arose during
his term of office. These include the citing of the new university at
Coleraine instead of Derry, and the Invitation of the Taoiseach, Sean
Lemass to Stormont without prior approval of his cabinet. Finally I
shall attempt to analyse his reaction to the immense pressure thrust
upon him by the Civil Rights Association, a movement which began to
signal the end of the line of Captain O’Neill as Prime Minister for
Northern Ireland.
Prior to becoming the new Prime Minister Captain Terence O’Neill had
been the Minister of Finance for seven years and during this time
built up a strong relationship with Businessmen in the UK. He
succeeded in attracting many new firms to setup in Northern Ireland as
a result of his professional approach.
He was 48 years of age when his predecessor Lord Brookeborough
resigned as Prime Minister after holding the title for some twenty
years.
One of O’Neill’s strengths was described by Former BBC political
Editor John Cole when he wrote that “he could take a situation” and “mould
it to his convictions and principles.” (pg 22, At the Crossroads)
Mr. Cole carried on to state that one major advantage O’Neill had that
other politicians lacked was “an experience of the world outside
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