NORTHERN IRELAND PRIME MINISTER CAPTAIN TERENCE O'NEILL AND MILITANT PROTESTANT LEADER THE REVEREND IAN PAISLEY TODAY (FRIDAY) GAVE PRESS CONFERENCES IN BELFAST -- ONE OF THE LAST CHANCES THEY WILL HAVE TO STATE THEIR RESPECTIVE CASES BEFORE VOTING IN THE COUNTRY'S GENERAL ELECTION ON MONDAY. POLITICAL FORECASTS PREDICT A COMFORTABLE MAJORITY FOR CAPTAIN O'NEILL AND HIS PARTY, ALTHOUGH MR PAISLEY AND HIS SUPPORTERS CONTINUE TO BE CONFIDENT.

IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE CAPTAIN O'NEILL SAID HE HAD RECEIVED A STRONG RESPONSE FROM MINORITY ROMAN CATHOLIC VOTERS.

MR PAISLEY, WHO HAS FOUGHT CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN ON AN ANTI-PAPIST PLATFORM, MADE ONLY A BRIEF COMMENT ON CAPTAIN O'NEILL'S CLAIM OF CATHOLIC SUPPORT: