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	Government of Ireland - About Ireland
		Ireland believes that it is in the best interests of this country and of others to foster ties with international partners and establish a peaceful working relationship based on respect, tolerance and the United Nations principles of democracy and human rights.
		Ireland has played an active role in the United Nations since its membership in 1955, chiefly in its contribution to peace-keeping missions around the world and its support for UN agencies concerned with development and human rights.
		Ireland acknowledges that all nations are inter-dependant and acknowledges its duty to contribute to the progress of developing countries for the benefit of the world as a whole.
	www.irlgov.ie /aboutireland/eng/irelandworld.asp (475 words)

	Referendum
		Northern Ireland referendum, 1973 The Northern Ireland referendum of 1973 was a Republic of Ireland to form a United Ire...
		Referendum A referendum or plebiscite (plural; referendums or referenda, plebiscites) is a general electorate is request...
		Scotland referendum, 1997 The Scotland referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative Scotland referendum, 1979.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/referendum.html (317 words)

	Facts about Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Temperatures in Northern Ireland range from an average daily maximum 65 F (18 C) in July to an average daily minimum of 34 F (1 C) in January.
		Northern Ireland, as part of the United Kingdom, is represented by 12 members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons in Westminster.
		In 1925 the dispute was settled in favor of Northern Ireland.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/7134/Green/grirelandnorthern.htm (1393 words)

	Northern Ireland referendum, 1973 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Northern Ireland referendum of 1973 was a referendum held in Northern Ireland only on March 8, 1973 on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or join with the Republic of Ireland to form a United Ireland.
		The nationalist parties had argued that the whole of Ireland should be allowed to vote in the referendum and the government's rejection of the proposal was the main reason for the boycott, which was supported by all the nationalist parties.
		The unionist parties supported the 'Yes' vote, as did the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Labour Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland_referendum,_1973 (223 words)

	Northern Ireland
		He explores the new climate of peace Northern Ireland and the agendas of the Ulster Unionists Northern Ireland and Sinn Fein, both now campaigning for the same outcome, the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to Trimble Northern Ireland and Hume Northern Ireland and the economic boom in Northern Ireland.
		Northern Ireland referendum, 1973 - The Northern Ireland referendum of 1973 was a referendum held in Northern Ireland only on March 8, 1973 on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or join with the Republic of Ireland to form a United Ireland.
		Edward VII is proclaimed King of Ireland in Dublin, Queen's University of Ireland is dissolved and replaced by: National University of Ireland is dissolved and replaced by: National University of Ireland is dissolved and replaced by: National University of Belfast in Belfast.
	no26.mmtfinancial.com (1369 words)

	Global Exchange : Northern Ireland History
		Ireland was now England's first colony and England was on the eve of becoming the most powerful economic and political force in the world.
		Ireland's population shrunk dramati-cally as a result of famine-induced star-vation and mass emigration from an eco-nomically devastated country.
		Northern Ireland became, in the words of Ulster Unionist Leader and the Assembly's First Minister David Trimble, a "cold place for Catholics." Gerrymandered towns and city boundaries rigged local government elections to ensure Protestant control of local councils.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/europe/ireland/historytimeline.html (3606 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)

	NORTHERN IRELAND
		Northern Ireland, geographically located to the northwest of England, is approximately 5,461 square miles, and comparable in size to the state of Oregon.
		Northern Ireland is represented by 18 MP’s in the House.
		Northern Ireland’s interests in these matters are represented in Britain by the Secretary of State, as he/she is a Member of Parliament at Westminster.
	faculty.cua.edu /fischer/ComparativeLaw2002/NORTHERNIRELAND.htm (2479 words)

	SNITV Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Under the Northern Ireland Act 1974 the UK parliament approves all laws for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland departments are all under the direction and control of a UK cabinet Minister, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
		In the referendum on 22 May 1998, 71.12% of the votes in Northern Ireland were cast in favour of the Good Friday peace agreement and 94.4% in the Republic of Ireland.
		The new Northern Ireland Assembly met for the first time on 29 Nov. 1999, and on 2 Dec. legislative powers were fully devolved from London to Belfast, with the new executive of unionists, nationalists and republicans meeting for the first time.
	www.snitv.co.uk /lawgovernmentpolhist20c.htm (921 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Parliamentary Elections in Ireland - Elections to Dáil Éireann (House ...
		For more information on the 2007 general election in Ireland and the March 7, 2007 Assembly election in Northern Ireland (which remains part of the United Kingdom), visit Election Resources on the Internet's blog, Electoral Panorama.
		In referendums held in 1959 and 1968, the Irish electorate rejected proposed constitutional amendments to replace STV with plurality or first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting in single-member constituencies, the first time by a narrow margin and subsequently by a large majority.
		Ireland's present-day party system traces its origins to the civil war of 1922-23 between supporters and opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.
	electionresources.org /ie (1587 words)

	Northern Ireland Peace Accord, 1998
		This agreement provides for a democratically elected Assembly in Northern Ireland which is inclusive in its membership, capable of exercising executive and legislative authority, and subject to safeguards to protect the rights and interests of all sides of the community.
		Northern Ireland to be represented by the First Minister, Deputy First Minister and any relevant Ministers, the Irish Government by the Taoiseach and relevant Ministers, all operating in accordance with the rules for democratic authority and accountability in force in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Oireachtas respectively.
		All participants recognise the importance of respect, understanding and tolerance in relation to linguistic diversity, including in Northern Ireland, the Irish language, Ulster-Scots and the languages of the various ethnic communities, all of which are part of the cultural wealth of the island of Ireland.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/paxeire.htm (8844 words)

	Ireland
		The Republic of Ireland was proclaimed on April 18, 1949, and withdrew from the Commonwealth.
		The resounding commitment to the settlement was demonstrated in a dual referendum on May 22: the North approved the accord by a vote of 71% to 29%, and in the Irish Republic 94% favored it.
		Ireland, Church of - Ireland, Church of, Anglican church of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107648.html (1376 words)

	EUbusiness - Ireland lumps EU elections with controversial vote on citizenship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ireland took its turn Friday voting in the European Parliament elections, along with local polls and a controversial referendum on the right to Irish citizenship for babies born to foreign nationals.
		Results from the referendum were due to be known late Saturday, and those of the EU elections on Sunday after all 25 EU member states have completed voting.
		This time around, Ireland is also holding a referendum on whether to close a constitutional loophole that entitles all babies born in Ireland or Northern Ireland to Irish citizenship, regardless of where their parents come from or whether they've set down roots.
	www.eubusiness.com /afp/040611115456.lnxcfui2 (553 words)

	Northern Ireland Society
		In societies suffering from acute political northern ireland society and social cleavage, policing agencies are invariably at the heart of the conflict resolution processes.
		In Northern Ireland, there have been calls for the RUC to be disbanded as well as for it to be retained unchanged.
		Event Ireland Northern Photography - Event Ireland Northern Photography A Short History of Ireland This is a revised event ireland northern photography and extended edition of John O`Beirne Ranelagh`s brief account of the history of Ireland, first published in 1983.
	ir98.mmtfinancial.com /northernirelandsociety.html (1021 words)

	CAIN: Glossary of Terms on Northern Ireland Conflict
		In the context of Northern Ireland this term was used to describe the claim that after 1921 the Unionist authorities deliberately manipulated electoral boundaries, particularly at local government level, for political purposes.
		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.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/glossary.htm (18325 words)

	White Paper on the Northern Ireland Constitution (1974)
		The three Northern Ireland parties had reached agreement on a statement of aims and policies in the social and economic sphere and on the shape and balance of an Executive and Administration in which they would be prepared to serve together.
		Northern Ireland's share of tax revenue is handed over to Northern Ireland; the amount to be handed over is calculated by the Treasury under rules which take full account of the fact that tax revenue properly attributable to Northern Ireland may not be collected there.
		While Northern Ireland has been recognised and helped by the United Kingdom Government as a region with economic and development problems as serious as any other in the United Kingdom, it is not the case that uniformly depressed standards of life, service and environment are to be found there.
	www.uhb.fr /langues/Cei/nicons74.htm (6842 words)

	Northern Ireland information - Search.com
		Northern Ireland covers 5,459 mi² (14,139 km²) in the northeast of the island of Ireland, about a sixth of the total area of the island, and has a population of 1,685,000 (April 2001) — between a quarter and a third of the island's total population.
		Northern Ireland was for many years the site of a bitter ethnic/religious campaign of violence between a minority of Nationalists (who wanted it to be reunified with the Republic of Ireland) and a majority of Unionists (who wanted it to remain part of the United Kingdom).
		However within Northern Ireland, print media which are aligned to either community (the News Letter is aligned to the unionist community while the Irish News is aligned to the nationalist community) generally use their community's preferred term.
	www.search.com /reference/Northern_Ireland (5428 words)

	Northern Ireland
		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 151 square miles (392 km²) the largest freshwater lake both on the island of Ireland and in the British Isles.
		A plebiscite within Northern Ireland on whether it should remain in the United Kingdom, or join the Republic, was held in 1973.
	www.lycos.com /info/northern-ireland.html?page=2 (646 words)

	Ireland on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The island is divided into two major political units—Northern Ireland (see Ireland, Northern), which is joined with Great Britain in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland (see Ireland, Republic of).
		Of the 32 counties of Ireland, 26 lie in the Republic, and of the four historic provinces, three and part of the fourth are in the Republic.
		Mo MOWLAM, the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is confronted by a Nationalist during a walkabout.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Ireland.asp (736 words)

	1973
		1973 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1973 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a pa...
		1973 in sports See also: 1972 in sports, other events of 1973, 1974 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
		1973 in television See also: 1972 in television, other events of 1973, 1974 in television and the list of 'years in tele...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/1973.html (650 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 9 \| 1973: Northern Ireland votes for union
		The Northern Ireland Secretary, William Whitelaw, said the bombings would make no difference to the publication of a white paper on the future of the province.
		Northern Ireland Secretary, William Whitelaw, said everyone had been given the opportunity to vote - it was up to individuals to choose whether they used it or not.
		When the then Northern Ireland secretary Merlyn Rees refused to meet their representatives, the Ulster Unionist members resigned from their seats on the executive causing the body to collapse.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/9/newsid_2516000/2516477.stm (558 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)

	Fundamental Problem Remains: Those Who Would Challenge Change
		ELFAST, Northern Ireland -- While politicians put the finishing touches on the historic settlement aimed at bringing Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland together, surveyors in a bleak Belfast neighborhood a few miles away from the talks were busy building a new wall separating the two groups.
		The challenge of obtaining support from the war-weary but mistrustful people of Northern Ireland in the May 22 referendum is as fraught with peril as the peace talks, and an intense campaign is being mounted to influence the outcome.
		The vote to approve is expected to go smoothly in the Republic of Ireland, where a poll last month showed that only 16 percent objected to the principal Irish concession, a decision to abandon the territorial claim to Northern Ireland in its Constitution.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/041198nireland-assess.html (1835 words)

	Elections Ireland: Referendums
		A referendum on a proposal other than a proposal to amend the Constitution (referred to in law as an "ordinary referendum").
		An ordinary referendum may take place when a proposal contained in a Bill is determined to be of such national importance that the will of the people thereon ought to be ascertained.
		The Nice Treaty Referendum was the only one to date to be voted on twice as it was rejected in 2001 by 54% to 46% but was passed in 2002 by 63% to 37%.
	electionsireland.org /results/referendum (584 words)

	Ireland - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is bound by Northern Ireland to the northeast, the Irish Sea to the east, the St. Georges Channel to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
		In 1973 Ireland became a member of the European Community (EC) and in July 1976 a State of Emergency was declared when the British ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Ewart-Biggs was murdered.
		In 1985 Ireland's Premier Garret Fitzgerald and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, signed an agreement known as the Hillsborough Accord that established an advisory council for Northern Ireland.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/ireland.htm (1398 words)

	CAIN: Politics: Elections: Referendum ('Border Poll') (NI) Thursday 8 March 1973
		The following are the (draft) results of the 1973 Referendum held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 8 March 1973.
		The referendum held in Northern Ireland on 8 March 1973 was a poll on the constitutional position of Northern Ireland.
		The referendum was boycotted by the Catholic / Nationalist population of Northern Ireland, hence the resulting unanimous majority vote in favour of maintaining the Union with Britain.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /issues/politics/election/ref1973.htm (167 words)

	ElectionsIreland.org: European Elections
		The next European Elections in the Republic of Ireland will be held in June 2009 on the same day as Local Elections.
		Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were appointed by national governments until the first direct elections were held in 1979.
		Ireland joined the EEC (as it was then) in 1973.
	electionsireland.org /results/europe (60 words)

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