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  Lord Lieutenant of Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lords Justice were before 1800 the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, and the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh as Primate of All Ireland.
The last Irish Catholic to hold the position was Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell from 1685-91, during the brief Catholic Ascendancy in the reign of James II that was ended by the Williamite war in Ireland.
The powers meant to have been possessed by the Lord Lieutenant were delegated by amendment to a new Governor of Northern Ireland, while the role of representative of the Crown in the Free State went to a new Governor-General of the Irish Free State.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland   (1682 words)

  
 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Secretary of State resides in Hillsborough Castle, the previous residence of the Governor and the Queen's official residence in Northern Ireland.
Power was devolved back to Northern Ireland on January 1, 1974 to the Northern Ireland Assembly under Brian Faulkner, but this administration collapsed on May 29 after a widespread strike organised by the loyalist Ulster Workers' Council, who refused to countenance the power-sharing and All-Ireland aspects of the new administation.
In 1982 a second Northern Ireland Assembly was established with the hope that it would eventually assume power, but this Assembly was prorogued shortly after the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland_Secretary   (562 words)

  
 Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I suspect this [issue of royal arms of Northern Ireland] is one of those issues that has just been fudged because no one wants to face the almost inevitable furore that would follow an official pronouncement of the arms of Northern Ireland, or rather of the Royal Arms for use in Northern Ireland.
Sometime after Northern Ireland was formed as a separate self-governing entity in 1922 it adopted arms based on, but not the same as, Ulster, with which it is not coterminous (three of Ulster's nine counties being in the Republic).
According to the Flaggenbuch (1939), the badge on the defaced Union Flag of the Governor of Northern Ireland was a gold disk with a shield.
fotw.vexillum.com /flags/gb-ni.html   (3745 words)

  
 The future of Northern Ireland: a paper for discussion , 1972: Britain and Northern Ireland from BritainUSA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Although the Northern Ireland Parliament (subsequently to become widely known as 'Stormont' from its eventual location) was endowed with quite extensive lawmaking powers, it became apparent at an early date that the exercise of these powers in practice would be tempered by the realities of the financial situation.
Because the Northern Ireland Parliament lacked real economic or financial independence the area of its genuinely and wholly independent legislative action tended to be concentrated on the social and regulatory fields, on changes in distinctive codes of law, and on measures which were significant for other reasons than their expenditure implications.
The partition of Ireland was deeply resented, and the new institutions of Northern Ireland were opposed; militant elements of the republican tradition launched violent attacks upon the Province and its institutions both from within Northern Ireland and across the border.
www.britainusa.com /nireland/ni_paper.asp   (9036 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals, 1973: Britain and Northern Ireland from BritainUSA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The true interests of the whole community in Northern Ireland require that the majority should not fail in fairness and generosity towards all their fellow citizens and that the minority should play a truly constructive part which it is the United Kingdom Government's firm determination should be made available to them.
But Northern Ireland has been the focus of speculation and uncertainty for a prolonged period already, and there can be little doubt that as long as such uncertainty continues to exist, it will be exploited by those who seek to prey upon the fears of the communities.
Those who have served on the Northern Ireland Commission since direct rule was introduced have made a signal contribution to the life of the community; but during this interim period, and so as to assist an easy transition, the Secretary of State will ask the present members to make way for representatives from the Assembly.
www.britainusa.com /nireland/ni_paper1.asp   (10474 words)

  
 CAIN: Northern Ireland Act 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (bodies of which all members are disqualified) at the appropriate place insert- "The Tribunal established under section 91 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998".
Any Northern Ireland department established before the appointed day under the charge of the First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly shall be treated on and after that day as if it had been established by an Act of the Assembly under section 21.
In section 46(2), in the definition of "the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland", the words "the Government of Ireland Act 1920, and" and "amending or extending it or otherwise".
cain.ulst.ac.uk /hmso/niact98j.htm   (4516 words)

  
 CAIN: HMSO: Cameron Report - Disturbances in Northern Ireland (1969), Chapters 1-9   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Northern Ireland has a population of about one-and-a-half million people and of these about two-thirds may be described as Protestant and one third as Roman Catholic.
Even the Northern Ireland Housing Trust has found this reaction against integration in housing and in favour of segregation, powerful and something which has to be taken into account in the siting and an arrangement of their developments when these are permitted and undertaken.
Currie is a Nationalist M.P. in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and his action was a protest against an eviction from a Council house, and the allocation of a neighbouring house to an unmarried Protestant girl.
cain.ulst.ac.uk /hmso/cameron.htm   (16847 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: N. Ireland Report
In fact, though, the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland were never symmetrical or bipolar, and today's announcement ignores some key players in the province's movement toward peace.
Northern Ireland has had some good days, and some very bad, since the peace agreement was signed April 10.
The people of Northern Ireland and of the Republic of Ireland approved the peace plan by huge margins in a May referendum.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/nireland/stories/prize981017.htm   (962 words)

  
 The Police Federation for Northern Ireland
The R.U.C.'s senior officer, the Inspector General, was appointed by the Governor of Northern Ireland and was responsible to the Minister of Home Affairs in the Northern Ireland Government for the maintenance of law and order.
The lawlessness that affected Northern Ireland in the period of the early twenties, and the problems it caused for the police, are indicated in a police report drawn up by District Inspector R. Spears in February 1923.
In March 1972 the Government of Northern Ireland resigned and the parliament was prorogued.
www.policefed-ni.org.uk /history5.shtml   (2044 words)

  
 History of the Northern Ireland Parliament
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was established by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, a piece of legislation that was intended to establish a partition of Ireland and create two devolved Parliaments within the United Kingdom.
However the institutions of the Parliament of Southern Ireland were stillborn: none of the seats in the Southern Ireland House of Commons were contested and Sinn Féin won all the territorial constituencies.
Because Northern Ireland is mostly rural, population movements were so small that these boundaries were used almost everywhere until the Parliament was dissolved in 1972; in 1968 the government abolished the four-member Queen’s University constituency and created four new constituencies in the outskirts of Belfast.
www.election.demon.co.uk /stormont/intro.html   (1512 words)

  
 N. Ireland militants' cease-fire OK'd - The Boston Globe
BELFAST -- The outlawed Ulster Defense Association has resumed a credible cease-fire and is eligible to play a formal role again in Northern Ireland's peace process, Britain announced yesterday in a surprise move.
Britain's governor for Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy, announced yesterday that the government will resume normal contact with Ulster Defense Association representatives because of a significant decline in violence attributed to the group, which has an estimated 3,000 members across this British territory.
Catholic leaders reacted with deep skepticism, noting that police continue to blame the group for the bulk of violence committed in Northern Ireland, including a surge in threats against nonwhite immigrants living in predominantly Protestant parts of Belfast and other towns.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/11/13/n_ireland_militants_cease_fire_okd   (515 words)

  
 CNN - Car bomb defused in Protestant town after IRA refuses to disarm - April 30, 1998
The unclaimed bomb, which was safely defused, was the first such attack in Northern Ireland since early February, when opponents of the IRA's 1997 truce bombed two other predominantly Protestant towns in the British-ruled province.
But British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his governor in Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam, said IRA disarmament is an essential part of the accord.
John Taylor, deputy leader of the Ulster Unionists, Northern Ireland's largest pro-British Protestant party, said Sinn Fein would be eligible to sit in the Assembly but not the 12-member executive government, if the IRA doesn't disarm.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9804/30/nireland.ira/index.html   (1040 words)

  
 BBC - Action Network - - A2283130 - How to become a school governor in Northern Ireland
If you want to be a governor, and are a school teacher, parent, or interested member of the general public, start by approaching your local school, the Northern Ireland Department of Education or your local education and library board.
Across Northern Ireland there is a general rule that governors who are continually absent from meetings are deemed to have resigned.
The final decision to dismiss a governor for absence is always at the discretion of the rest of the governing body, and they may make allowance if there are exceptional reasons for your absence.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/actionnetwork/A2283130   (1878 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Office // About the NIO / Virtual Tour
It is also used as a venue for government hospitality and to accommodate significant guests to Northern Ireland.
In the last 20 years Hillsborough Castle has become a key venue for political events in Northern Ireland, including meetings between the British and Irish governments and the local political parties as part of the current peace process.
Hillsborough Castle is open to the public for a limited time each year and has become a popular tourist attraction, with both guided tours of the house, and walks in the gardens, proving popular with visitors.
www.nio.gov.uk /index/about-the-nio/virtual-tour.htm   (292 words)

  
 Members of the Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Northern Ireland Senate was the upper house of the Northern Ireland Parliament (usually referred to as Stormont though that is only really accurate from 1932).
In contrast to the abortive Southern Ireland Senate it was not designed to be a check on the legislature, but rather a place for reflection and revision of government bills - an additional means of finding parliamentary time.
However as it is pretty easy to get hard-copy details of those elected to the Northern Ireland House of Commons between 1921 and 1972 (see in particular Brian Walker's book, details on the front page), I felt that the Senate should not be completely left in darkness.
www.ark.ac.uk /elections/hnisen.htm   (1223 words)

  
 Great Seal of Northern Ireland - Wiki Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Great Seal of Northern Ireland is the seal used for Northern Ireland.
The great seal is currently under the possession of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
On creation of Northern Ireland the seal was created for possession by the Governor of Northern Ireland and this remained until the imposition of direct rule when it was presented to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
www.wiki.ie /wiki/Great_Seal_of_Northern_Ireland   (93 words)

  
 U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Chief Therapist of Northern Ireland Center for..."   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bolton will be joined by Fabian Monds, BBC national governor for Northern Ireland and chairman of the Northern Ireland Center for Trauma and Transformation, and Barney Devine, trustee with the Northern Ireland Community Fund and the Center's business and fundraising manager.
The Northern Ireland Center for Trauma and Transformation was established by the Northern Ireland Office in 1998 after the Omagh bombing.
The Center treats citizens of Northern Ireland suffering from emotional conditions related to the Troubles.
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=21411   (275 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | BBC NI's controller stepping down
The Controller of BBC Northern Ireland, Anna Carragher, has announced she will retire after 36 years with the BBC.
She has been in charge of the BBC's Northern Ireland operation for the last six years and joined the corporation in 1970.
She became Head of Programmes, BBC Northern Ireland, in 1995 and BBC NI's first woman controller in September 2000.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/5180164.stm   (283 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- IRA may scrap more arms even though Northern Ireland talks stall, Protestant ...
HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland – A key Protestant leader in Northern Ireland on Wednesday warned that the Irish Republican Army may resume disarmament in secret, rather than allow the process to be photographed as demanded by Protestants.
Sinn Fein, which represents most of the north's Irish Catholics, has been resisting pressure from the British, Irish and U.S. governments to allow photographs of IRA disarmament to be published as part of wide-ranging new peace plans published last week.
The British governor for Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy, and Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern, who jointly oversaw Wednesday's negotiations at Hillsborough Castle outside Belfast, said they had no information about the IRA resuming disarmament.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20041215-1648-northernireland.html   (505 words)

  
 BakuTODAY.net - Northern Ireland Assembly to sit for first time since 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Northern Ireland Assembly will sit on Monday for the first time since it was suspended in 2002 following allegations of a republican spy ring operating at the parliamentary buildings in Belfast.
The London and Dublin governments are hoping the province's Catholic and Protestant political parties can resolve their differences between now and November 24 to restore the power-sharing administration.
After that, their attendance is requested at a garden party in nearby Hillsborough Castle, the official residence of the British monarchy and the Governor of Northern Ireland.
www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=20820   (772 words)

  
 Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
William Hunt (Windsor Herald) very kindly took the trouble to check through the ("somewhat dusty") records and to contact the Office of Garter King of Arms, so was able to report as follows:
In the last year there has been some argument over whether the Irish tricolour could be flown with the Union Jack over the Assembly building in Belfast.
It makes it an offence to fly the tricolour in a unionist area or to fly the Union jack in a nationalist one.
www.fotw.us /flags/gb-ulste.html   (2887 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Disturbances in Northern Ireland: Report of the commission appointed by the Governor of Northern Ireland ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Amazon.com: Disturbances in Northern Ireland: Report of the commission appointed by the Governor of Northern Ireland (Cmd): Books: Northern Ireland
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