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  Belfast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belfast ( Béal Feirste in Irish) is the largest city in and capital of both Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of Ireland.
To the north of Belfast are the Antrim Hills in County Antrim, and to the south, the Castlereagh Hills in County Down.
Belfast became the centre of Irish Protestantism, and in 1922 it was declared the capital of Northern Ireland after Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State (later to become the Republic of Ireland, when it withdrew from the Commonwealth in 1949).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belfast   (1679 words)

  
 South Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
South Belfast is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The seat is centred on the south section of Belfast and also contains part of the district of Castlereagh.
South Belfast has a unionist majority though the nationalist vote is considerable.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Belfast_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (953 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Belfast Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Belfast is the largest city in Northern Ireland and the Irish Province of Ulster, with a population of 277,391 ( 2001 census).
Belfast is situated at the mouth of the River Lagan on Belfast Lough and is surrounded by hills (Black Mountain and Cavehill - the famous Napoleon 's nose is a basaltic outcrop here which forms the border with neighbouring Glengormley).
Belfast became the centre of Irish Protestantism, and in 1922 it was declared the capital of Northern Ireland.
www.ipedia.com /belfast.html   (671 words)

  
 Everything Ulster - Election 2005 - Westminster Focus: South Belfast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
SOUTH Belfast is one of the older seats in Northern Ireland, in fact in one form or another it has been around since the birth of Northern Ireland in 1921 and further even as far back as the 19th century.
South Belfast, with a population of ~ 95,000, is currently held by Martin Smyth of the Ulster Unionists who is stepping down this year after 23 years as MP for the constituency.
Geraldine Rice is standing for the Alliance party in South Belfast and given my lack of enthusiasm with any of the 2 Unionist candidates, and her impressive election literature, I'm severely tempted to vote for her.
www.sferson.jervhost.com /blogs/index.php/2005/05/03/westminster_focus_south_belfast   (1267 words)

  
 South Belfast
Smyth had represented South Belfast since a 1982 by-election caused by the IRA assassination of the previous incumbent.
South Belfast's population in the 2001 census was 94,994 (9th of the 18 constituencies).
Monica McWilliams was elected to the Forum as a 'top-up' candidate and to the 1998 Assembly from South Belfast.
www.ark.ac.uk /elections/asb.htm   (941 words)

  
 SAOIRSE32 :: South Belfast :: January :: 2005
South Belfast is the most socially, economically and culturally diverse area of our rapidly changing city.
The recent rise in racially motivated attacks against South Belfast’s growing ethnic community, and the anti-social behaviour caused by a minority of students has meant the spotlight being thrown on the area for all the wrong reasons.
The South Belfast News wants to reflect the hopes and aspirations of the people of South Belfast, to celebrate the achievements of our children and young people.
saoirse32.blogsome.com /2005/01/14/south-belfast   (349 words)

  
 About South Belfast Partnership
"The establishment of an effective and visionary South Belfast Partnership is a challenge for everyone committed to tackling the social, economic and physical problems of the city.
Government's Making Belfast Work Initiative had been in existence since 1987, and was identified as the most suitable agency to foster the growth of partnerships throughout the city.
This Policy was launched towards the end of 2003, with the draft Belfast Implementation Plan launched in January 2004 and the final Plan expected in the summer of 2004.
www.southbelfast.org /about.htm   (1011 words)

  
 South Belfast Friends of the Somme Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The fours Belfast parliamentary constituencies [ North, East, South and West ] and Londonderry City were treated as counties giving a total of 14 counties.
The South Belfast Armband is in the pocession of the Association
South Belfast Friends of the Somme Association and its website belfastsomme.com do not necessarily agree with all comments and statements made in the guest book, and cannot be held responsible for the content of external links placed on the guestbook.
www.belfastsomme.com /uvf.htm   (675 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Assembley elections: A socialist challenge
The BBC have informed the Socialist Party that any air time given to it’s South Belfast candidate, Jim Barbour, in his capacity as a leader of the Fire Brigades Union, will be regarded as election coverage.
Socialist Party candidate for South Belfast, Jim Barbour said “It is my understanding that during debates on this issue in the Assembly last year, not one of the main political parties openly stated their opposition to the imposition of water charges.
I have held meetings with the people of South Belfast and am keenly aware that there is a serious mood of opposition to this double taxation.
www.socialistworld.net /eng/2003/11/23niae.html   (2817 words)

  
 Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irelandclick.com article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In an exclusive interview with the South Belfast News, BNP Ulster Organiser Andy McLorie said the far-right group intend to take part in next year’s Assembly elections in the south of the city.
Andy McLorie named the South Belfast loyalist strongholds of Sandy Row and the Belvoir estate as the main areas where the BNP could muster support.
And he warned South Belfast politicians that come the next election the extreme right-wing group are ready to take their votes and seats.
www.nuzhound.com /articles/Irelandclick/arts2002/s_belfast_bnp4-26-02.htm   (350 words)

  
 Ulster-Scots Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The ninth annual South belfast Cultural Society Burns Supper was held at the Europa Hotel on January 28.
Also in attendance were members of Belfast's Chinese Communty, Macfirbis Development Group from Enniscrone Co Sligo, the Boyne historian Sean Collins and members of the Co Sligo/Sandy Row Cultural exchange Project.
South Belfast Cultural Society wish to thank the funders of the event for their generous support.
www.ulsterscotsagency.com /LOW_feb042005.asp   (317 words)

  
 Sinn Féin Assembly Election: Candidates for South Belfast
He was elected the first republican Mayor of Belfast in 2002 and was widely acclaimed for the inclusive approach he adopted in carrying out his role.
He is a Sinn Féin Councillor for Laganbank in South Belfast in 2001 and was elected as a peace negotiator in 1996.
He was elected as Assembly member for West Belfast in 1998 and during the last Assembly he served as the party's Chief Whip.
www.sinnfein.ie /assembly/candidate/241   (314 words)

  
 Slugger O'Toole: Unionist battleground in South Belfast...
Many unionists in South Belfast have waited for this day with worry as it becomes a divided Constituency where the two Unionists party's engage in bitter disputes of who is most popular.
The Times tally had North Belfast 43% No. If you consider the Unionist/Nationalist split in North and work on the assumption the vast majority of nationalists/republicans, this shows the Unionist community in North Belfast were massively anti-agreement.
South Belfast will be one of the contests of the election.
www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/02/unionist_battle.php   (8790 words)

  
 Belfast - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Stephen Quayle, aged 31, from Palmer Street, Belfast, was arrested after the seizure of drugs with a street value of £30,000 in the Holy Land area of south...
Belfast accused of ethnic cleansing Aug 24, 2004
Belfast port is a perfect target for global terrorists plotting new strikes on the west, security experts warned today.
news.daylightonline.com /Belfast.html   (4592 words)

  
 South Belfast Constituency Labour Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Motion 29, proposed by Athy—(Kildare South): Conference calls on the Labour Party to investigate its alignment and development with like parties, or on its own basis, in Northern Ireland.
David Burnside and Jeffrey Donaldson were expected to beat David Trimble: In the event, Trimble moved onto the Donaldson/Burnside ground, their motions were merged, and at the day’s end, the party demanded an IRA surrender under threat of collapsing the Belfast Agreement institutions.
The South Belfast Constituency Labour Party is either not a constitutional party (as that odd phrase is used in Northern Ireland) or it is a very constitutional party indeed.
www.atholbooks.org /southbelfastclp/content.php   (1462 words)

  
 Belfast Families - 1901 Census
Belfast Families has access to the 1901 Census for West and South Belfast.
These streets listed on West Belfast Streets 3 are on the western side of the Shankill Road.
By August 2005, it is expected that the information relating to South Belfast (Lower Ormeau, Lisburn Road, Malone Road and Donegall Road) will be available.
www.belfastfamilies.co.uk   (182 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Women's Coalition : Resource Centre on the Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Prior to that, she was a lecturer and carried out ground-breaking research in domestic violence in the UK.
Monica McWilliams has described a women's manifesto endorsed by over 50 community groups, unions and women's organisations as "an excellent document." The South Belfast candidate said it would highlight the needs and priorities of women in terms of health, employment and equality.
South Belfast candidate, Monica McWilliams told a gathering of pensioners that the Women's Coalition would work hard to tackle pensioner poverty and attacks on the elderly in the next Assembly.
www.niwc.org /southbelfast.asp   (647 words)

  
 Slugger O'Toole: South Belfast to fall?
Any chance the SDLP had of South Belfast disappeared with their greener than green campaign and any outlandish dream the DUP had of it sank with the appointment (as opposed to selection) of a poor candidate.
Posted by: Alex Kane at April 24, 2005 09:32 PM McGimpsey will do an excellent job at representing South Belfast as an MP, in terms of bread and butter issues that are important to the people of the constituency and in terms of Unionist representation.
Spratt is surprising many by uniting unionism in south belfast but he is still behind the SDLP and the UUP are proving to be a thorn in his side in their race for third place.
www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/04/south_belfast_t.php   (7811 words)

  
 SAOIRSE32 :: South Belfast News :: January :: 2005
At the relaunch of the South Belfast News on Friday, editor Allison Morris called for South Belfast to speak with one voice.
“No part of Belfast has the wonderful assets of South Belfast in terms of environment, prosperity, culture, diversity and education but it’s equally true that this part of the city is too often dysfunctional.
Community leaders and politicians from across the south of the city attended the event as well as representatives from the East Belfast Observer.
saoirse32.blogsome.com /2005/01/17/south-belfast-news   (313 words)

  
 Alliance Party Of Northern Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The South Belfast Association of the Alliance Party has chosen its candidates for the next Westminster and Local Government elections.
Tom Ekin was selected for re-election, to represent the Balmoral area of South Belfast.
Allan Leonard was selected as candidate for the Laganbank area of South Belfast.
www.allianceparty.org /news.asp?id=615   (393 words)

  
 SAOIRSE32: Loyalists accused of increasing tensions in South Belfast
SAOIRSE32: Loyalists accused of increasing tensions in South Belfast
Loyalists accused of increasing tensions in South Belfast
Sinn Féin South Belfast MLA Alex Maskey has accused Loyalists of attempting to raise tensions in South Belfast after flags were put up in the mixed Finaghy Crossroads area and a gang of 20-25 men with pickaxe handles gathered in the Ormeau Bridge area and attempted to enter the Lower Ormeau Road area.
fenian32.blogspot.com /2005/07/loyalists-accused-of-increasing.html   (229 words)

  
 Stratagem - Belfast South   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He joined the UUP in 1964 and was elected to Belfast City Council in 1993.
Alex Maskey was born in 1952 and was educated at St Malachy's College and Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education.
A long standing member of Belfast City Council (since 1983), he was elected as the first Sinn Féin Mayor of Belfast in June 2002 and the first Sinn Féin MLA for South Belfast in November 2003.
www.stratagem-ni.com /members/belsouth.html   (472 words)

  
 HANNA: SOUTH BELFAST FLAGS DIVISIVE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
South Belfast Assembly Member Carmel Hanna has condemned the erection of flags along the Lisburn Road yesterday evening.
Not everyone has a choice where they live but many who choose to live in an integrated area choose South Belfast.
People want to get on with their lives, not have to be faced with a flag when they open their door.
www.sdlp.ie /prhannasouthbelfastflags.shtm   (190 words)

  
 South Belfast Cultural Society - History
South Belfast Cultural Society was formed in 1994 with the remit of rejuvenating the cultural life of Inner South Belfast, paying particular attention to the Unionist communities of Donegall Road, Donegall Pass, Sandy Row and Lower Lisburn Road.
With the onset of the troubles many residents moved from their traditional communities, for better housing and to escape the social unrest in Belfast at that time.
Although the community has now started to recover, new threats are posed by property developers, with the use of the land for commercial purposes and with the development of the area in a way that is not in keeping with the existing residents.
www.sbcs.org.uk   (840 words)

  
 South & East Belfast Health and Social Services Trust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
South and East Belfast Trust is the main statutory body responsible for providing community based health and social services to those children, young people and adults among its population who are ill (physically or mentally), disabled, sensory impaired, or particularly vulnerable because of age or home circumstances.
The Trust is also responsible for promoting the general health and wellbeing of all residents of the South Belfast, East Belfast and Castlereagh localities.
Services provided include intensive home based support, in-patient hospital treatment for people who are mentally ill, and a wide range of residential and day services for people of all ages.
www.acet.org.uk /mem_sebhsst.html   (402 words)

  
 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Northern Ireland, The Protestant UDA Belfast leader John Gregg is killed by a loyalist faction.
February 15 - Global protests against war on Iraq - more than ten million people protest in over 600 cities worldwide, the largest war protest to take place before the war occurred.
March 22 - The United States and the United Kingdom begin their shock and awe campaign with a massive air strike on military targets in Baghdad.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/As_of_2003   (2772 words)

  
 South Belfast Anti Racism Network {ARN} meeting - Antrim Rights and Freedoms - Indymedia Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Last night South Belfast ARN meeting was attended by local residents and trade unionists, as well as between fifteen to twenty representatives of various local community organisations and support groups from around South Belfast.
Many other issues where raised and discussed, from the the issue of lack of housing, facilities etc, through to leafleting, newssheets, first contact cards etc, with the local Network to meet again in two weeks time while working groups work on those various tasks at hand.
It was also raised that the ARN steering group are discussing the holding of a mass rally against racism in Belfast in the time ahead.
www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=66264&print_page=true   (320 words)

  
 Belfast GEMS raining for unemployed South and east Belfast Northern Ireland
Our aim is to give unemployed people in greater South Belfast area access to job opportunities, training and career guidance.
Further to accreditation, Belfast GEMS were then invited to submit an entry to the upcoming 'Matrix Excellence Awards'.
All 80 applicants were invited to attend a 'prestigious ceremony' in the Institiute of Directors in London on 14 October 2004 to hear the outcome of the judging.
www.belfastgems.org   (501 words)

  
 University of Ulster Online - News Release
The University of Ulster, Queen’s University and the South Belfast Partnership Board have teamed up to organise a conference focusing on options for the introduction of residents’ car parking schemes in south Belfast.
Pressure on car parking space in South Belfast has been a major issue for residents, businesses students and political representatives for some time, and it is in response to local concern that this event has been organised.
The conference was attended by local residents, community groups, public representatives and representatives from statutory agencies such as the NIHE, planning service and Belfast City Council, and took place at Queen’s University Belfast on Monday 17 January.
www.ulst.ac.uk /news/releases/2005/1490.html   (276 words)

  
 IRR: Legacy of intolerance: racism and Unionism in South Belfast
Such a move is rare among the North's loyalist paramilitary groups, and is usually linked to major power struggles within the organisation concerned over issues of military strategy, moves toward peace, control of weapons, or all to often, over territorial control of the drug trade.
And on the other side of the railway line is cosmopolitan South Belfast, with Queen's University, offices, numerous restaurants and the City Hospital.
The largest nationalist area of Belfast is West Belfast; it is the cockpit of Sinn Féin's political rise, the area which has elected Gerry Adams as Westminster MP.
www.irr.org.uk /2004/february/ak000008.html   (2100 words)

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