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	Northern Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		The centrepiece of Northern Ireland's geography is Lough Neagh, at 392 km² the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles.
		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).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland (3190 words)

	Northern Ireland - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Northern Ireland has been a part of the United Kingdom since 1801 under the terms of the Act of Union, under which the Kingdom of Ireland came under the direct rule of Westminster.
		Ireland was partitioned in 1921 under the terms of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 between Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland (which became the Irish Free State in 1922).
		Northern Ireland was covered by the 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.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /northern_ireland.htm (2811 words)

	Northern Ireland Executive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Northern Ireland Executive as established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern Ireland, answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
		The Executive officially took power on December 2, 1999, but was suspended on various occasions, the last effective from October 15, 2002, as Unionists refused to share power with Sinn Féin whose offices at Stormont had just been raided by Police investigating terrorist activity by members of their support staff.
		In effect the Executive is a coalition between the four major parties including, the Ulster Unionist Party, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Northern_Ireland_Executive (287 words)

	Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Today Northern Ireland comprises a diverse of community rivalries represented in Belfast by communities flying the tricolour of Irish republicanism or the Union Flag the symbol of their British identity while even the kerbstones in less areas get painted green-white-orange or red-white-blue depending whether a local community expresses nationalist/republican or sympathies.
		A majority of both communities in Ireland approved this Agreement as did the of the Republic of Ireland who amended their constitution Bunreacht na hÉireann to replace a claim it made the territory of Northern Ireland with a of Northern Ireland's right to exist and acknowledgement of the nationalist desire for a Ireland.
		Once established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 Northern Ireland was structured geographically so to have a unionist majority unionist fears to what would happen to them forming basis for their opposition to a united which led to creation of the two states.
	www.freeglossary.com /Northern_Ireland (2839 words)

	ipedia.com: Northern Ireland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Northern Ireland was created in 1921 as a home-rule political entity, under the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, along with the nominal state of Southern Ireland, which was superceded almost immediately after its creation by the Irish Free State.
		As a consequence, self-government for Northern Ireland was suspended in 1972.
		Once established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, Northern Ireland was structured geographically so as to have a unionist majority, unionist fears as to what would happen to them forming the basis for their opposition to a united Ireland, which led to creation of the two Irish states.
	www.ipedia.com /northern_ireland.html (4519 words)

	Northern Ireland Executive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Northern Ireland Executive is the currently suspended executive body for Northern Ireland, answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
		It officially took power on December 2, 1999, but was suspended on various occasions, the last effective October 15, 2002, as problems with the practicalities of power sharing mounted.
		While it is suspended, the functions it exercised have reverted to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/n/no/northern_ireland_executive.html (197 words)

	NORTHERN IRELAND EXECUTIVE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Northern Ireland Executive as established by the Northern_Ireland_Act_1998 is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern_Ireland, answerable to the Northern_Ireland_Assembly.
		The Executive officially took power on December_2, 1999, but was suspended on various occasions, the last effective from October_15, 2002, as the Ulster_Unionist_Party walked out after a high-profile Police_Service_of_Northern_Ireland investigation into an alleged IRA spy ring.
		In effect the Executive is a coalition between the four major parties including, the Ulster_Unionist_Party, Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party, Sinn_FÃ©in and the Democratic_Unionist_Party.
	www.gottaorderflowers.com /Northern_Ireland_Executive (214 words)

	Northern Ireland Executive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Northern Ireland Executive has approved plans for the development of a £57m regional cancer centre at the City Hospital in Belfast, as part of a £270m spending package for hospitals and schools.
		Northern Ireland Executive has announced plans for a £100m investment in water and sewerage infrastructure this year, with £21m for upgrading drinking water and £30m for improved distribution.
		The Northern Ireland Executive has approved plans from Bord Gais Eireann to build a £60m gas pipeline from Gormanstown in Co Meath to Antrim, which means that plans for a new £150m power station at Coolkeeragh can also proceed.
	www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /noe61693.htm (99 words)

	Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Northern Ireland Housing Executive is a public body established under the Housing Executive (Northern Ireland) Act 1971.
		The Housing Council was established by the Housing Executive Act (Northern Ireland) 1971.
		The Council is consulted by the Housing Executive and the DSD on all matters that affect housing policy in Northern Ireland.
	www.energyfirst.org /NIHE.htm (541 words)

	Irish parties say stop delaying Northern Ireland executive By John McDonnell MP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alban Maginnis, the chair of the SDLP group in the Northern Ireland Assembly, said that the essence of the Agreement was reconciliation and that the prize of creating an executive that included for the first time every element in society working together would be worth all of the labour over details in the preceding months.
		Kate Fearon, from the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition, said that there was little trust between the communities in Northern Ireland so that it was unrealistic to ask either of the two major communities in Northern Ireland to make any concessions which went beyond the stated terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
		Adams commended the efforts of Friends of Ireland and said that if it were up to the parties represented at the meeting the Agreement would be working and stressed that the government must stick to the cut-off point of 30 June.
	www.poptel.org.uk /scgn/articles/9906/page3.htm (497 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Special report: Northern Ireland
		October 18: Smoking is to be banned in pubs, restaurants and all enclosed public places in Northern Ireland, the government announced yesterday.
		October 17: Smoking is to be banned in workplaces in Northern Ireland, including bars and restaurants, from April 2007, the government announced today.
		October 10: Northern Ireland's recent riots are a sign of irreversible decline within the Protestant working classes, says Stephen Howe.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Northern_Ireland/0,2759,446746,00.html (733 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Paisley rejects power share with Sinn Féin
		Ian Paisley today said uncompromisingly there could be no role for Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration, as he met Peter Hain for the first time since the IRA announced an end to armed struggle last week.
		But today, at his first meeting since the announcement with Mr Hain, the Northern Ireland secretary, he said unionists were "not to be duped".
		The DUP, now the largest Northern Ireland party both in the suspended Belfast assembly and at Westminster, are angered by the rapid moves to demilitarisation, and the disbandment of Royal Irish Regiment battalions.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,1541701,00.html (620 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| Executive 'complacent about homeless'
		Recognising that the Executive was now putting in place its homelessness strategy, the Conservative MP said the improvements were encouraging and long overdue.
		The Housing Executive published proposals for its Homelessness Strategy in September 2002 and is currently in the process of implementing it.
		Chief Executive Paddy McIntyre said that the numbers of people claiming to be homeless had remained static at about 8,500 per year.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/northern_ireland/3730017.stm (419 words)

	CAIN: NISAS: Melaugh, Martin. (1992) 'Housing', in, Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The Second Report
		The Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) was established in 1971 to correct the neglect, mismanagement and unfair allocation of housing of previous years.
		Although problems still remain, notably of disrepair and unfitness in rural areas (Northern Ireland Housing Executive, 1987), housing is no longer the controversial issue it was at the beginning of the 1970s.
		The finding of both this survey and other surveys conducted in Northern Ireland and in Britain is that people are very satisfied with their housing.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/research/nisas/rep2c8.htm (3947 words)

	NORTHERN IRELAND - SUSPENSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The crucial point is that it was a power-sharing executive reflecting the aspirations and the electoral support of people on both sides of the community.
		And although it was early days, I think everyone had been very impressed with the way the respective ministers had been going about their duties and been having a real impact on the day-to-day lives of ordinary people, taking decisions which clearly worked to the benefit of the entire community.
		That prompted Northern Ireland's Chief Executive - David Trimble - leader of the pro-British Ulster Unionist Party - to threaten to resign as Northern Ireland's Chief Executive.
	globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2000/02/000207-ireland1.htm (769 words)

	New Northern Ireland Executive to convene this week
		The slender majority should enable a devolved government with limited powers to be established in Northern Ireland by the end of the week.
		Nonetheless, it was enough to enable the Northern Ireland Assembly to meet on Monday for the various parties to appoint representatives to the new Executive and agree their portfolios.
		Last week, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Mandelson had signalled that changes to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), set out in the Patten Report, would be subject to Unionist veto.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/nov1999/ire-n30.shtml (895 words)

	Britain and Northern Ireland from BritainUSA: home page
		Following a break down of trust between the local parties in Government The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland suspended the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Executive with effect from midnight on 14 October, 2002.
		The Assembly was suspended on 14 October 2002 and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy, assumed responsibility for the direction of its departments.
		The New Northern Ireland Assembly was established as part of the Belfast Agreement reached at the multi-party negotiations on Friday 10 April 1998, now commonly referred to as the 'Good Friday Agreement'.
	www.britainusa.com /nireland (823 words)

	North/South Ministerial Council
		The NSMC, therefore, comprises Ministers of the Northern Ireland Administration and the Irish Government, working together to take forward co-operation between both parts of the island to mutual benefit.
		The operation of the NSMC has been affected since October 2002 by the suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
		These arrangements were designed to ensure that the Bodies would continue to fulfil their important public functions on a "care and maintenance" basis, pending the restoration of devolved government to Northern Ireland.
	www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org (229 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 Scoops 26 Awards In 2005 National Training Competition
	www.nics.gov.uk (109 words)

	Northern Ireland Executive
		The Northern Ireland Executive's own website is surprisingly opaque about who the members of the Executive actually are.
		The other ten full ministers of the Executive are appointed in proportion to the strengths of each party at the last Assembly elections, by the leader of each party rather than by the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, and they are not subject to approval by the Assembly.
		At a meeting of the Assembly on 15 July 1999, ten SDLP and Sinn Féin MLA's were nominated to the Northern Ireland Executive.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/gwhoexec.htm (1141 words)

	Office of The Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels
		The Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels, opened in 2001, is the focus of Northern Ireland's relations with the institutions of the
		The European Union has contributed significantly to economic development in Northern Ireland and, through the PEACE Programme, to the process of reconciliation.
		Like the Office of the Northern Ireland Executive, they operate under the umbrella of the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union.
	archive.ofmdfmni.gov.uk /onieb (155 words)

	Welcome to the Northern Ireland Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Northern Ireland Assembly was established as part of the Belfast Agreement and meets in Parliament Buildings.
		The Assembly is the prime source of authority for all devolved responsibilities and has full legislative and executive authority.
		Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 26 November 2003.
	www.niassembly.gov.uk (109 words)

	Northern Ireland Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies 1998 Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland (the Commission) is an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body established under the Local Government Act (NI) 1972.
		The terms of reference for the Commission are to exercise general oversight of matters connected with the recruitment, training and terms and conditions of employment of officers of councils and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and of making recommendations to councils and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on such matters.
		To assist district councils and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to provide fair and equal treatment for all employees and potential applicants by actively striving to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation and where diversity is valued.
	www.archive.official-documents.co.uk /document/cm43/4334/4334-19.htm (643 words)

	Northern Ireland Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies 1998 Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Northern Ireland Housing Executive was established under the Housing Executive Act (Northern Ireland) 1971.
		The Housing Executive is led by a 10 person Board headed by a Chairman and appointed by the Government.
		The Northern Ireland Housing Council, made up of one representative of each of the 26 District Councils, acts as a consultative forum and nominates three representatives to the Board.
	www.archive.official-documents.co.uk /document/cm43/4334/4334-29.htm (329 words)

	Northern Ireland Yearbook 2005 - A Guide to the Politics, Economy and Social Life of Northern Ireland
		Welcome to the fourth edition of the Northern Ireland Yearbook - a comprehensive guide to the political, economic and social life of Northern Ireland ever produced in one single volume.
		As ever the Northern Ireland Yearbook continues to be the most authoritative source of information on the public sector including listings of civil servants and other senior public officials and a detailed profile of local government.
		The Northern Ireland Yearbook is therefore much more substantial than a directory although for ordinary things like contact details etc it is every bit as useful.
	www.northernirelandyearbook.com (380 words)

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