Meanwhile, it was announced that the security wall between the loyalist and nationalist areas would be extended.

The men said their employer was thinking twice about sending them to work in nationalist areas.

This was followed by violent protests in nationalist areas.

The strategy involved removing troops to barracks and standing down checkpoints in nationalist areas.

The event provoked major rioting in nationalist areas of the city.

In the first years of the conflict, the Provisionals' main activities were defending nationalist areas from attacks.

The meeting was told that £50,000 would be made available to buy weapons for defense of nationalist areas against loyalist attack.

Police checkpoints and barricades were set up on all routes into the nationalist area.

They built large barricades across all roads leading into the nationalist area.

The work stopped, leaving the nationalist area vulnerable to attack.