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  Ireland - Biocrawler definition:Ireland - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is composed of the Republic of Ireland which covers five sixths of the island (south, east, west and north-west) and Northern Ireland, currently a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the northeastern sixth of the island.
Northern Ireland is also referred to unofficially as the 'Six Counties', the 'North of Ireland', and 'Ulster' (though the province of Ulster also includes Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan in the Republic).
92% of the population of the Republic of Ireland and 40% of Northern Ireland is Roman Catholic.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Ireland   (4657 words)

  
 Northern Ireland - Biocrawler definition:Northern Ireland - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Northern Ireland was covered by an ice sheet for most of the last ice age and on numerous previous occasions, the legacy of which can be seen in the extensive coverage of drumlins in Counties Fermanagh, Armagh, Antrim and particularly Down.
Therefore, after the First World War, Ireland was partitioned in 1921 under the terms of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 between six of the nine Ulster counties in the northeast (forming Northern Ireland) and the remaining twenty-six counties of the south and west (forming the Irish Free State in 1922).
The Ireland Act 1949 gave the first legal guarantee to the Parliament and Government that Northern Ireland would not cease to be part of the United Kingdom without consent of the majority of its citizens, and this was most recently reaffirmed by the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Northern_Ireland   (4457 words)

  
 CAIN: Glossary of Terms on Northern Ireland Conflict
In the Report of the New Ireland Forum published on 2 May 1984 one of the proposals for the future governance of Northern Ireland was for joint authority (joint sovereignty) over the region by Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
Londonderry, or Derry, is the second largest city in Northern Ireland and is situated in the west of the region close to the border with the Republic of Ireland.
See list of previous Secretaries of State.) In the absence of a devolved assembly in the region the NIO was also responsible for the operation of the ten (previously six) Northern Ireland Departments.
cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/glossary.htm   (18387 words)

  
 Republic of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The remaining sixth of the island of Ireland is known as Northern Ireland and is still part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Irish governments have sought the peaceful reunification of Ireland and have usually cooperated with the British government in their violent conflict with the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland known as the "Troubles".
A peace settlement for Northern Ireland, the Belfast Agreement, was approved in 1998 in referenda north and south of the border, and is currently being implemented, albeit more slowly than many would like.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Republic-of-Ireland.htm   (3098 words)

  
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Northern Ireland is the second most sparsely populated part of the UK after Scotland, with 317 people per square mile (122 per square kilometre).
Northern Ireland has a very different class distribution to the UK, with a larger number in unskilled and skilled manual occupations.
His central premise is that Northern Ireland should become more British and remain part of the UK simply because the majority of its citizens want it that way.
www.preachtoreach.com /northern_ireland_facts_and_figur.htm   (4136 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Northern Ireland smoking ban puts pressure on England to toe the line
The Northern Ireland health minister, Shaun Woodward - who until six months ago smoked more than 20 Marlboro Lights a day - denied the government was enforcing a "nanny state" and said bar workers had to be protected from second-hand smoke.
Northern Ireland had become a refuge for "cigarette tourists" desperate for a pint and a fag.
Ireland has not banned smoking in prisons, and Mr Woodward said the government had still to consider whether to allow smoking in prison cells and psychiatric institutions.
www.guardian.co.uk /smoking/Story/0,2763,1594738,00.html   (593 words)

  
 LLRX -- Update to A Guide to the UK Legal System
Northern Ireland was created in 1922 from the six protestant-dominated counties of the Irish province of Ulster (the remaining three Ulster counties being catholic).
The Northern Ireland Parliament was abolished, and replaced by a unicameral Northern Ireland Assembly, with a Secretary of State appointed by the British Government and serving as a member of the British Cabinet.
Northern Ireland Orders in Council are Statutory Instruments applying exclusively to Northern Ireland under the Northern Ireland Act 1974, and which equate to primary legislation.
www.llrx.com /features/uk2.htm   (4564 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Office // About the NIO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) was created in 1972 after the Northern Ireland Government was dissolved in the face of a worsening security situation.
Economic and social matters are the responsibility of locally elected Northern Ireland ministers when power is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive.
The official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is Hillsborough Castle.
www.nio.gov.uk /index/about-the-nio.htm   (251 words)

  
 Election Resources on the Internet: Parliamentary Elections in the U.K. - Elections to the House of Commons
Each elector casts a vote for one of the candidates running for MP in his or her constituency, and the candidate with the largest number of votes is elected to office.
By contrast, the Labour vote was heavily concentrated in Scotland, Wales, and to a lesser extent in northern England.
That the British government was willing to implement PR in Northern Ireland but not in Great Britain proper may have appeared to be a contradiction, but the rationale was that Northern Ireland is different, with a distinctively problematic situation requiring different solutions.
electionresources.org /uk   (2550 words)

  
 [A-List] UK state: Northern Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Yesterday afternoon, however, Mr Scappaticci denied he had ever left Northern Ireland or that he was the double agent known as Stakeknife, who security sources continue to insist was a top IRA man passing intelligence on the Provisionals to the military's shadowy Force Research Unit for years.
Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan police commissioner probing security force collusion with terrorists in Northern Ireland, wants to question Stakeknife about allegations that he killed dozens of people and that his handlers let others, including fellow agents and totally uninvolved civilians, die to protect his identity.
Despite pressure from fellow Labour MPs and others, Jane Kennedy, Northern Ireland's security minister, told the Commons that she could not comment on the Stakeknife affair.
lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2003-May/025854.html   (725 words)

  
 Sinn Fein - Northern Ireland - Worldpress.org
The party is a major player in the precarious Northern Ireland peace process—in place since 1998—and is responsible for the ongoing IRA ceasefire.
While Sinn Féin (Gaelic for "Ourselves Alone") has committed itself to achieving a united Ireland through political means, two events last month serve to illustrate the ambiguities of a party wedded to the painful past of Northern Ireland, yet committed to a future that is free of the violent past.
Though unionists remain the majority in Northern Ireland, former British Secretary to Northern Ireland Peter Mandelson said, in widely reported comments from a recent interview, that Ireland may be united in Gerry Adams' lifetime.
www.worldpress.org /Europe/413.cfm   (1240 words)

  
 CNN - Peace talks resume in Northern Ireland - June 3, 1997
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Peace talks on Northern Ireland resumed after a three-month hiatus Tuesday with a renewed sense of optimism and urgency.
But Northern Ireland Secretary Marjorie Mowlam, addressing Mitchell and seven parties participating, warned the effort to form a government acceptable to Northern Ireland's pro-British Protestants and Catholics must offer results sooner rather than later.
Meantime, the rhythm of life in Northern Ireland continues with constant reminders of the need for a secure peace.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/9706/03/nireland   (668 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | VOTE2001 | NORTHERN IRELAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Ulster Unionists lose 31 seats in the Northern Ireland council election and there are big gains for the DUP and Sinn Fein.
The general election in Northern Ireland sees the elevation of three females and a husband and wife team to the House of Commons.
A full list of the candidates who stood in the general election in Northern Ireland.
news.bbc.co.uk /vote2001/hi/english/northern_ireland/default.stm   (436 words)

  
 BBC News | NORTHERN IRELAND | Unionist MPs end peace plan support   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Efforts by the British and Irish Governments to break the Northern Ireland political impasse have suffered a setback after two hardline unionists withdrew their support from the process.
The current crisis was brought to a head by the resignation of Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble as Northern Ireland first minister on 1 July because the IRA had not begun to disarm.
However, the SDLP's Seamus Mallon, who is Northern Ireland acting deputy first minister said he was "disappointed, but not surprised by this negative and destructive outburst about the future of the peace process".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/1458460.stm   (695 words)

  
 [A-List]Northern Ireland: Sinn Féin's delicate situation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
His party is facing temporary exclusion from the Northern Ireland peace negotiations following the arrest of five alleged IRA members in connection with an attempted abduction in Belfast last month.
Until the suspension of the Northern Ireland assembly in October 2002, Sinn Féin shared power with its former pro-British unionist opponents.
The party has four Westminster MPs, although they have so far declined to take their seats, on the grounds that this would be tantamount to recognition of British jurisdiction over the north of Ireland - or "the six counties" as they prefer to call the province.
lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2004-March/029636.html   (768 words)

  
 List of MPs for Northern Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of members of Parliament elected at the 2005 UK general election or in subsequent by-elections for Northern Ireland seats, by party.
See also: Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
This page was last modified 04:29, 5 November 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_MPs_for_Northern_Ireland   (70 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of British MPs Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Following is a list of past and present Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom in alphabetical order.
Following is a (currently incomplete) list of past and present Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom in alphabetical order.
MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001
www.ipedia.com /list_of_british_mps.html   (106 words)

  
 Irish FAQ: History
1689-90 Deposed James II flees to Ireland; defeated at the Battle of the Boyne by William of Orange and flees to France.
1898 Local Government (Ireland) Act establishes local government system of county councils, urban district councils and rural district councils (the latter were abolished in 1925).
Britain declares that Northern Ireland will not be ceded to the Republic without the consent of the Northern Ireland parliament.
www.geocities.com /welisc/ifaq/part05.html   (1151 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Mailing List
Your long search for northern ireland mailing lists (within companies) has been rewarded.
Enquire below now for free, no obligation advice on northern ireland, or any companies lists.
You will get a list of recommended northern ireland lists, with prices and counts.
www.crm-broker.com /mailing_list/business/list_northern_ireland.htm   (132 words)

  
 MPS - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Election 2005 | Trimble's unionists are swept away
Mr Trimble, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, had been MP for Upper Bann for 15 years, but lost by more than 5,000 votes, a margin that surprised even the winner, a gospel-singing meat wholesaler, David Simpson.
The UUP lost three seats to the DUP and one to the SDLP, whose deputy leader, Alasdair McDonnell, became the first nationalist MP for the affluent, traditionally unionist South Belfast seat.
The DUP, now the biggest Northern Ireland party at Westminster, finished with nine seats, saying the unionist people had spoken out against the Good Friday agreement and "pushover unionism".
politics.guardian.co.uk /election/story/0,15803,1478584,00.html   (631 words)

  
 Burning Bush - Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
BBC Northern Ireland's "Sunday Sequence" programme on March 25th included an item on the 50th anniversary of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.
We are hopeful that it will assist Americans to understand the truth about Irish Republicans and clear away the myths, mostly alcohol-induced, which surrounds the true character of their campaign of terror in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland’s first victims’ commissioner has pledged to perform her new duties with an independent voice.
www.ivanfoster.org /main.asp   (1767 words)

  
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List of MPs for Wales in the 53rd parliament
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 Belfast - daily news and current events
BBC News Catholic churches across Northern Ireland are showing the Pope's funeral on large screen televisions.
The Irish hierarchy hopes to invite the new Pope to Ireland when he is elected to complete the process b...
The Independent It is in the heart of what was once one of the world's most notorious troublespots, yet a hotel in Northern Ireland has...
archive.wn.com /2005/04/09/1400/belfast   (466 words)

  
 normblog
When I was a kid, Billy Hamilton, the former Burnley and Northern Ireland striker, was my hero and of course you never really abandon your childhood heroes.
Henceforth, therefore, you must go both here and here, in order to be able to cast your eye over the full list of candidates from which you're choosing your top three.
I invite you to bypass the BBC's final list of 21 books, go back to their longer list of 100 from which these 21 came, and send me your top three titles from this longer list.
www.normangeras.blogspot.com /2003_10_19_normangeras_archive.html   (8097 words)

  
 Nidex - Northern Ireland Politics
Whether you're interested in Northern Ireland sport, tourism, industry or just want to find out more about our great country, then hopefully you'll find the links you need there.
Regards from all the Nidex team in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland: a Political Directory by Sydney Elliott and W.D. Flackes
www.nidex.com /politics.htm   (214 words)

  
 clomps | Houses of Parliament
The County List is very difficult to derive in any definitive form because of the boundary changes and the establishment of unitary authorities (which are not in any county for local government purposes).
By Shire county based on boundaries derived from the 4th periodical review of parliamentary constituencies by the Boundary Commission completed in 1995.
Unitary authorities are listed under the counties that they were listed under at the time of the Boundary Commission review and prior to the restructuring of local government between 1995 and 1998.
www.parliament.uk /directories/hciolists/clomps.cfm   (148 words)

  
 NEWSHOUND: Links to daily newspaper articles about Northern Ireland
Writing's on the wall for Northern Ireland's famed murals: The Star (South Africa)
Plan for northern MPs to address Dail still on table: Belfast Telegraph
Ireland faces the downside of progress: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Nov 7)
www.nuzhound.com /index.php   (1188 words)

  
 Labour In Northern Ireland------------Update List
Text of speech by Boyd Black on BBC Radio 'Talkback' 26 May 2003
George Howarth MP (former NIO Minister) signs list
MSF VOTES TO CAMPAIGN FOR LABOUR MEMBERSHIP IN NORTHERN IRELAND
www.labour-lini.org.uk /update.asp   (49 words)

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