LOCAL COUNCIL election results brought bad but not disastrous news yesterday for David Trimble, the Ulster Unionist Party leader, whose prospects for survival are the subject of much discussion.David McKittrick Ireland Correspondent
NI election: Sinn Féin now biggest party in Westminster, Stormont and council after DUP losses Alliance makes history with first non-DUP MP in Lagan Valley, while TUV unseats Ian Paisley Fri Jul 05 2024 - 21:26 How did Northern Ireland vote? A full breakdown of how each constituency vote...
Opinion polls consistently show that the election results are not necessarily an indication of the electorate's stance regarding the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. Most of the population of Northern Ireland is at least nominally Christian, mostly Roman Catholic and Protestant denominations. ...
Under changes to the Northern Ireland Act brought forward by the British Government amid the last collapse of Stormont, following an election, there is a six-month window for an Executive to be formed before a fresh election is triggered. The DUP has set a high bar of demand for radical ...
LONDON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Northern Ireland could face another election, the third within a year, unless political parties reach a power sharing agreement, a British government official has warned, it was revealed Thursday. James Brokenshire, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, spelled out...
February 7th: A Loyalist umbrella group, the United Loyalist Council, organises a one-day general strike and shutdown of business in Northern Ireland cities. Four people are killed in the resulting violence. March 1st: A general election in the Republic of Ireland leads to a change of governm...
But instead, the results of that election, and all subsequent elections in the following 40-50 years, were overruled by London. Having been finally granted the vote, the Irish people now found that the vote was of limited use. Yes, in 1874 to 1916, Ireland got much richer, it got land...
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On Oct. 30, in response to the British move to impose direct rule again, the IRA suspended contact with the arms inspectors who were overseeing the disarmament of Northern Ireland's guerilla and paramilitary groups. The Council on Foreign relations has estimated that Protestant paramilitary groups...
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