A total of 17 more female candidates stood in 2022 than in 2017, meaning that females made up over 36 per cent of all candidates. Female representation in the Assembly chamber will increase slightly from election results, given that DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson MP has once again opted to co-...
Irish Parliamentary 220,837 21.7 6 5.7 Labour Unionist 30,304 3.0 3 2.8 Independent Unionist 9,531 0.9 1 0.9 The results of the 1918 election, the Sinn Fein landslide, are more complex than people think. Nearly 30 percent (29 percent) of the island of Ireland voted for continued Unio...
January 6 2025 Matthew O'Toole Northern Ireland should make the most of its proximity to the EU Belfast stands to gain from enhancing its unique position between London, Dublin and Brussels January 5 2025 Ireland Steep costs of Irish reunification deter Dublin despite tax windfall ...
Northern Irish DUP Says It Told UK It Could Not Accept Brexit Deal Text More Reuters Nigel Dodds, deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party speaks, flanked by other DUP MP's, outside the Houses of Parliament, London, Britain December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay...
and the British government. The talks would focus on the establishment of a form of self-government for Northern Ireland and the formation of Irish-Northern Irish "cross-border" bodies that would be set up to oversee such domestic concerns as agriculture, tourism, and health. Results of the ...
Mr Williamson told The Irish Times he had been “heartened” by the support of the Executive in ensuring the legislation was extended to Northern Ireland and highlighted the role of the ITV drama about the scandal, Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which was broadcast ear...
The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt signaled the start of one of the most transformative eras in American history. Elected on the promise of financial and social reform, FDR would go on to become the longest-serving president in history, the architect of the New Deal, the founder of Americ...
face of this crisis and fearing a further loss of support in an election for the Assembly, both Sinn Féin and the DUP soughtcompromisein the negotiations that had been going on for some nine months between the Irish and U.K. governments and Northern Ireland’s five leading political parties...
refused to participate in multiparty talks that includedSinn Féin(SF), the political wing of theIrish Republican Army(IRA), and campaigned against the accord in a popular referendum held in May 1998, he ran for election the following month and won a seat in the new Northern Ireland Assembly...