<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_rule_(Northern_Ireland)" id="mwAUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Direct rule (Northern Ireland)">Direct rule</a> is imposed on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland" id="mwAU0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwAU4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a> under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Heath" id="mwAU8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a>.<sup about="#mwt295" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-58"}}' id="cite_ref-58" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-58" id="mwAVA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 58;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVE">[58]</span></a></sup>
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