direct rule

direct rule
n [U]
the government of Northern Ireland by the British Parliament instead of by Stormont, the Northern Irish Parliament in Belfast. Direct rule began in 1972 and ended in 1999 when a new Northern Ireland Assembly was elected, but started again in 2003.

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