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Topic: Local Councils in Northern Ireland

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	Northern Ireland - MSN Encarta
		The British government’s answer to the uprising of 1798 was to draw the whole of Ireland fully into the United Kingdom, by the Act of Union of 1800.
		This entailed calling upon northern nationalists to sacrifice their own short-term interests by accepting that the six northeastern counties be temporarily excluded from the home rule settlement.
		The underlying problem in the new six-county province of Northern Ireland was the sharp divide between the Protestant majority and the reluctant and resentful Catholic minority amounting to more than one-third of its population.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761571415_7/Northern_Ireland.html (2057 words)

	Northern Ireland Conflict-Religion vs Politics
		Secondly, Northern Ireland has existed as an independent state for over 80 years, and has likely developed a kind of culture that is unique and that may not blend well with the culture of the Republic of Ireland.
		In taking their seats in the Irish Parliament and later in local councils in Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein was explicitly recognizing institutions set up under partition and thus implicitly recognizing the partition of the country itself.
		Although unionists were in the majority in Northern Ireland and the document would only allow a united Ireland to be achieved by majority consent from the Northern Ireland population, unionists no longer felt they help the power.
	allfreeessays.com /student/Northern_Ireland_Conflict-Religion_vs_Politics.html (4882 words)

	Pointer address information ... simple, effective, common sense
		Local Councils in Northern Ireland have the authority to erect street nameplates under The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (NI) Order 1995.
		In order to assist Local Councils to implement the address life cycle, each Council is licensed to use a a full copy of the Pointer dataset, for their Council area.
		In practice each local council is required to notify OSNI of the correct spelling of such names when they have been adopted and this list is kept up-to-date on receipt of the information.
	www.pointer-ni.gov.uk /pointerportal/?Mainsec=main&Subsec=councils (487 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| Councils shake-up planned
		The number of local councils in Northern Ireland is likely to be cut from 26 to seven under proposals to shake up local government.
		Council boundaries would take in about 250,000 people, but a boundary commission would have to decide the geography.
		Councils would have a greater say in areas such as regeneration.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/3716342.stm (343 words)

	Councils in Northern Ireland
		It is important to stress that public administration in Northern Ireland differs greatly from the rest of the UK.
		Under the Home Energy Conservation Act, 408 UK Local Authorities across England, Scotland and Wales hold this responsibility but in Northern Ireland, unlike the rest of the UK, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) is the sole HECA Authority.
		Local Authorities did however retain a consultative role in matters such as planning, roads and housing, and were encouraged to offer a leadership and supportive role in local economic development.
	www.energyfirst.org /CouncilsBackground.htm (231 words)

	Ireland Ours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		NORTHERN Ireland's local councils could be slashed by more than half - and cover the same areas as health boards, it emerged today.
		This is about the new NI councils, which are to be reduced to 7 = Derry and Belfast and five others, from the existing 26, they being a compromise from 73 that Unionists originally wanted because they would be able to control almost all of them.
		In a classic statement of the bleeding obvious he pointed out that Belfast and Derry councils would have nationalist majorities as would the proposed new councils west of the Bann, leaving Unionists with a guaranteed majority in only two councils and a possible majority in a third.
	groups.msn.com /IrelandOurs/politicsnews.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=22235&LastModified=4675471673850913194 (1241 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Northern Ireland: Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Assembly - Northern Ireland - The New Northern Ireland Assembly was established as part of the Belfast Agreement reached at the multi-party negotiations on Friday 10 April, now commonly referred to as the 'Good Friday Agreement'.
		Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission - The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is a statutory body Established in terms of the Northern Ireland Act, in compliance with the Good Friday Agreement.
		Northern Ireland Parades Commission - The body which determines whether individual parades and demonstrations are permitted - includes their annual report, a list of past determinations and parades currently under consideration, details of the Commission's members, their terms of reference, a set of guidelines, and a Frequently Asked Question list.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Northern_Ireland/Government (1194 words)

	NIPSA \|
		Northern Ireland's largest public service union NIPSA has taken the next step in its campaign to oppose...
		Northern Ireland's largest public service union NIPSA has taken the next step in its campaign to oppose underfunding and cuts to the Education and Library Board Service.
		The union is making representations to all 26 local Councils in Northern Ireland and urging each Council to adopt a formal policy of opposition to underfunding and service cuts.
	www.nipsa.org.uk /newsDisplay.asp?ID=30 (359 words)

	Local Government (Best Value) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland.
		It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Acts does not extend to the Government Printer for Northern Ireland imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Act which are issued or made available to the public.
		An Act to make provision placing on district councils a general duty to make arrangements for continuous improvement in the way in which their functions are exercised; and for connected purposes.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /legislation/northernireland/acts/acts2002/20020004.htm (1083 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 3 Nov 2005 (pt 40) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects the first sod to be cut in Cookstown for the new police academy.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps are being taken to ensure that (a) landlords and (b) tenants in the private rented sector in Northern Ireland are made aware of their (i) responsibilities and (ii) rights.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether it remains his policy that a full-time member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland must be present at and actively participate in all stages of any community restorative justice scheme funded by his Department.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm051103/text/51103w40.htm (1344 words)

	NEWS \| Community Development Policy Statement \| NICVA \| Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
		“Community development in Northern Ireland is a process which embraces community action, community service, community work and other community endeavour – whether geographical or issue-based – with an emphasis towards the disadvantaged, impoverished and powerless within society.
		While support for community development has continued to increase in Northern Ireland, it still requires a proper framework if its full potential is to be realised.
		To function best, political parties, elected representatives, local councils and the Northern Ireland Executive must recognise the value of communities promoting independent, non-party-political analysis and the entitlement to promote self-help and community action.
	www.nicva.org /index.cfm/section/News/key/CommunityDevelopment (530 words)

	Guardian \| Reaching across the divide in Northern Ireland sparks an enterprise revolution
		Northeast Ireland's industrial revolution was launched in the late 19th century from the river Lagan.
		The charity Bryson House is now central to environmental and social policy in Northern Ireland with a turnover of £12m from recycling, youth services and anti-fuel poverty measures.
		Despite 35 years of incipient civil war, Bryson House has maintained a balance in its workforce that accurately reflects the sectarian demographics of Northern Ireland: the present ratio is 50 per cent Protestant, 40 per cent Catholic and 10 per cent other, including the new ethnic minorities settling in the Province from across the globe.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5337659-103588,00.html (1052 words)

	Magherafelt District Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Magherafelt District Council is a Local Council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
		Council headquarters are in Magherafelt (Machaire Fíolta in Irish).
		The Council area stretches from Lough Neagh and the River Bann in the east and into the Sperrin Mountains in the west and is divided by the Moyola River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magherafelt_District_Council (249 words)

	Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population.
		The figures are mid-year estimates for 2005 from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency[1].
		Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population density
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Local_Councils_in_Northern_Ireland_by_population (98 words)

	Banbridge District Council
		Banbridge District Council is one of twenty-six local councils in Northern Ireland.
		The Council continues to play a leading role in the life of the community and its efforts to sustain and increase development, in various ways, for a continued improvement in the quality of life for all its citizens.
		As well as direct service provision the Council exercises an enabling role in providing advice and assistance to private and voluntary bodies and developing partnerships for the benefit of the community.
	www.banbridge.com /template1.asp?parent=20&parent2=21&pid=21&area=1 (492 words)

	Public Health & Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Each of those district council is regarded as a food safety authority in its own right, with the associated responsibilities, and the head of environmental health reports directly to that council.
		District councils have the statutory responsibility for enforcement of food safety legislation and it is the Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) on the ground who do the bulk of the operational work, for example routine inspections of food premises.
		The Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland is the over-arching body that covers the whole of the food enforcement sector.
	www.safefoodonline.com /article.asp?article=1572 (1443 words)

	Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
		Following the consultation, the Northern Ireland Office and OFMDFM issued a joint report indicating that an early opportunity would be taken by the Department of the Environment to bring forward legislation on the role of district councils in civil protection.
		This Article gives a local government auditor the right of access to every document relating to a local government body under audit, thereby enabling the auditor to obtain documents that are in the possession of a third party.
		This Article requires a local government body to consider a report made to it under Article 9 (and any recommendation which the auditor might make) at a meeting to be held within one month of the report or recommendation having been sent.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si2005/05em1968.htm (1750 words)

	Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland: Press Release: 2006: DOE ill-prepared for introduction of new landfill regime ...
		DOE is ill-prepared for the introduction of changes which may necessitate the closure of many landfill sites in Northern Ireland, according to a report published today by Friends of the Earth [1].
		A third company reported that Belfast City Council had conducted weekly inspections when it was the responsible authority but that EHS only visited twice a year.
		[3] (back) The Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 require landfill sites to hold a Pollution Prevention and Control Permit by 31 March 2007, however the high cost of compliance is such that many sites are expected to opt instead for closure.
	foe.co.uk /northern_ireland/press_releases/2006/doe_ill_prepared.html (1130 words)

	::: u.tv :::
		The Conservatives` Northern Ireland spokesman David Liddington expressed disappointment at a conference in Belfast that the Review of Public Administration (RPA) was not asking whether the province really needed eleven government departments when Scotland had only nine.
		The review, which was ordered during devolution but is now being administered by direct rule ministers in the Northern Ireland Office, is focusing on the number of local councils, their powers and the future of quangos and public bodies.
		Under the review, it is believed the number of local councils in Northern Ireland could be reduced from their current level of 26 to as low as seven, eleven or 15.
	u.tv /newsroom/indepth.asp?id=61123&pt=n (1132 words)

	Irish Echo Online - News
		Three other councils in the East would have in-built unionist majorities and the seventh, Belfast, would be almost equally nationalist and unionist.
		Sinn Fein said, however, that the plan is fair as in none of the councils will a minority represent less than 25 percent, whereas in some existing councils minorities can be as low as less than 10 percent.
		"[Northern Secretary Peter] Hain and his team seem, in the style of a colonial government, determined to teach the natives a lesson.
	www.irishecho.com /newspaper/story.cfm?id=17510 (711 words)

	Fermanagh District Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fermanagh District Council is a local council in Northern Ireland.
		Fermanagh District Council is a unique local authority in that it covers at least one entire county in Northern Ireland and less than one complete Parliamentary Constituency.
		A change in legislation meant that it was no longer permitted to have 4 member electoral areas and thus despite an increase in the number of wards to 23 the number of electoral areas was reduced by one.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fermanagh_District_Council (881 words)

	DETI Online
		Northern Ireland is set to become the first region in Europe with 100% broadband access, following today's announcement by NIO Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Ian Pearson MP, that BT has been awarded a contract to deliver the services by the end of 2005.
		Local businesses will have the level playing field they need to compete in a global economy.
		The contract will mean that people and businesses in Northern Ireland, in addition to the services from BT, can choose to buy services from any of the other 150 Broadband service providers.
	www.detini.gov.uk /cgi-bin/morenews?utilid=433 (663 words)

	Reviewed — Not Rewritten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Responding to presenter Jim Naughtie Paisley accepted that his party served on local government committees across Northern Ireland but he was opposed to serving with Sinn Féin in a power sharing executive — local government did not have such power.
		Mitchell McLoughlin of Sinn Féin also drew attention to the cooperation between themselves and the DUP in local government in 24 of the 26 local councils in Northern Ireland.
		The DUP and Sinn Féin, he agreed, had worked together in Assembly committees, as they had also done in local councils, and his experience in Northern Ireland had taught him that the unexpected could happen, indeed the Agreement itdelf showed that.
	www.ballinagree.freeservers.com /arev.html (579 words)

	Northern Ireland Councils
		Hold your mouse over a number to identify a council district or click on it for more information.
		Energy First advocates the use of renewable technologies and will enable developments in this area by levering in additional funding, working with relevant agencies to raise awareness and encouraging the acceptance of a sustainable energy future to the wider public.
		We will endeavour to assist Councils in developing internal energy policies of strategic significance, that they may reduce their contribution to the harmful Carbon emissions that are the cause of climate change and at the same time reduce their energy expenditure.
	www.energyfirst.org /Councils.htm (226 words)

	Northern Ireland Local Government Handbook 2004/05 - A Guide to Local Government in Northern Ireland In association ...
		The book is published by bmf publishing in association with the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA) 'the voice of local government' representing the 26 councils in Northern Ireland.
		It is, we believe, the only substantial book published that draws together all elements of Local Government in Northern Ireland and presents detailed information in a useful and insightful format.
		It should also be useful to those with a general interest in local government and public services.
	www.localgovernmentni.co.uk (296 words)

	Planning Portal - Northern Ireland block on rural housing faces legal challenge
		A group of Northern Ireland local councils and a major planning consultancy in the Province have separately signaled legal moves to challenge the government's decision to institute what has amounted to an immediate ban on most proposals for housing in the countryside.
		At this stage the High Court in Northern Ireland is being asked whether the case merits judicial review and a decision is expected shortly.
		According to Elevate, a planning consultancy with many clients involved in rural housing projects, the action by the Department for Regional Development and ministerial statements made in March were "ultra vires and unlawful".
	www.planningportal.gov.uk /wales/government/en/1115314180436.html (243 words)

	The Northern Ireland executive
		The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland suspended the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Executive with effect from midnight on 14 October, 2002.
		The Secretary of State, assisted by his team of Northern Ireland Office Ministers has assumed responsibility for the direction and control of the Northern Ireland Departments.
		Northern Ireland Has The Fastest Growing Population Of The UK Countries
	www.northernireland.gov.uk (92 words)

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