{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/662b9b88437bd700124e30fc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sunningdale and the Ulster Workers Strike: The forgotten power-sharing ‘experiment’","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1714133772384-4078c324c6c0a99eda5d6d128ce44aa0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In 1973 the ‘Sunningdale Agreement’ established power-sharing in Northern Ireland, preceding the Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement by 25 years. It even had an All-Ireland dimension. But it met with a backlash and was brought down by the Ulster Workers Strike.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In the first part of a three-part series, Ciarán Dunbar explores the Sunningdale Agreement and its workings – and asks if it ever had a chance?&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}