Northern Ireland

Approval Of The Deal Is Likely, Not Unanimous

Polls indicate that more than 70% of voters support the Northern Ireland peace agreement, which must be approved in a May 22 referendum. The campaign, however, has just begun, and will clearly be nasty in the North. PETER ROBINSON, deputy leader of IAN PAISLEY'S Protestant Democratic Unionist Party, called the agreement "the mother of all treachery." He also told TIME that should PRESIDENT CLINTON visit the province to encourage support for the agreement, as has been proposed, "we will not give him a free hand to go around and do whatever he wants. He will be subject to the cut and...

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