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Topic: Official Opposition (Ireland)

	Ireland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07
		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.
		The English conquest of Ireland was begun by Richard de Clare, 2d earl of Pembroke, known as Strongbow, who intervened in behalf of a claimant to the throne of Leinster; in 1171, Henry himself went to Ireland, temporarily establishing his overlordship there.
		Although Bruce was killed in 1318, the English authority in Ireland was weakening, becoming limited to a small district around Dublin known as the Pale; the rest of the country fell into a struggle for power among the ruling Anglo-Irish families and Irish chieftains.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ir/Ireland.html (2130 words)

	Opposition (parliamentary) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system.
		Singapore exemplifies a case of a numerically weak opposition; South Africa under the apartheid regime maintained a long-term imbalance in the parliament.
		The title of "Official Opposition" usually goes to the largest of the parties sitting in opposition with its leader being given the title Leader of the Opposition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Official_opposition (329 words)

	Republic of Ireland
		The term Republic of Ireland is "the description of the State." It is bordered by Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom) to the north, by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and by the Irish Sea to the east.
		The Republic of Ireland Act defined Republic of Ireland as the description of the state in 1949 (the purpose of the act being to declare that the state was a republic rather than a form of constitutional monarchy).
		On 21 December 1948, the Republic of Ireland Act declared Ireland a republic with the functions previously given to the Governor-General acting on the behalf of the King given instead to the President of Ireland.
	www.computer-2tr.com /Ireland/links/Republic_of_Ireland.html (1999 words)

	Ireland History \| iExplore
		Ireland is generally a keen member of the European Union, from which it has derived huge economic benefits.
		Since 1949, Ireland has been a republic with a bicameral legislature: the lower house, the Dáil, has 166 members and is directly elected by universal adult suffrage every five years; the 60-strong Senate has 49 directly elected members with the balance made up of political appointees.
		Ireland joined the European Monetary Union with the majority of EU members in the first wave at the beginning of 1999, despite some concern about the consequences of the UK’s non-membership.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Ireland/History (1418 words)

	How Ireland Became the Celtic Tiger
		Ireland is now seen as the land of opportunity by many workers from the 10 newest EU member states.
		Ireland’s economic dependence on trade—exports are equivalent to over 85 percent of GDP—drives the public policy agenda to a considerable extent.
		Ireland has an innate creativity, which has been manifested in literature and music, and a curiosity that is interested in others and seeks to build relationships.
	www.heritage.org /Research/WorldwideFreedom/bg1945.cfm (5796 words)

	Stephen Roth Institute: Antisemitism And Racism
		When Ireland held its first Holocaust Memorial Day on 26 January 2003 in Dublin City Hall, Justice Minister Michael McDowell apologized for a policy that was inspired by “a culture of muted antisemitism in Ireland,” which discouraged immigration by Europe’s shattered Jews.
		He said that “at an official level the Irish state was at best coldly polite and behind closed doors antipathetic, hostile and unfeeling toward the Jews.” According to some estimates, only 30 Jews were given asylum before the war, none during it, and only a handful afterwards.
		Ireland’s Jews are also known in Irish society for their portrayal in James Joyce's book Ulysses, in which the chief character is Leopold Bloom, the Jewish Irishman.
	www.tau.ac.il /Anti-Semitism/asw2003-4/ireland.htm (1849 words)

	Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Official Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet (normally referred to simply as 'The Shadow Cabinet') is, in British parliamentary practice, a group of members from Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition whose job it is to scrutinise their opposite numbers in government and come up with alternative policies.
		Leader of the Opposition - The Rt Hon.
		Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords- The Rt Hon The Lord Cope of Berkeley
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Official_Opposition_Shadow_Cabinet_(UK) (443 words)

	Ireland (10/07)
		Ireland is a sovereign, independent, democratic state with a parliamentary system of government.
		The conflict in Northern Ireland stems from a history of British rule, historical animosity between Catholics and Protestants, and the various armed and political attempts to unite Northern Ireland with the rest of the island.
		Ireland is a member of numerous international organizations, including the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the European Union.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3180.htm (4215 words)

	Irish premier denies wrongdoing over second 1994 cash payment in England - iht,europe,Ireland Secret Payments - Europe ...
		While opposition chiefs demanded answers first to the larger sum involving well-known businessmen, they increasingly are accusing Ahern of violating ethics rules by taking the speaking fee.
		Ahern, who was Ireland's finance minister in 1994, defended his acceptance of the 1994 Manchester payment on the grounds that he had spoken repeatedly to the group of Irish activists in the English city, paid for his own travel, and was not working from an official government script.
		Opposition chiefs dismissed his explanation as beside the point — that government ministers are paid good salaries so that they can focus solely on their jobs and not seek benefits in potentially compromising side-jobs.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/09/28/europe/EU_POL_Ireland_Secret_Payments.php (566 words)

	Republic of Ireland - Conservapedia
		Ireland (official description: Republic of Ireland[6]) is a parliamentary democracy in north-western Europe consisting of 26 counties on the island of Ireland.
		The island of Ireland is located in the Atlantic Ocean, to the west of Britain.
		Of the nine counties of Ulster, three (Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal) are in the republic and the remaining counties remain in the United Kingdom.
	www.conservapedia.com /Republic_of_Ireland (3166 words)

	Ireland
		Ireland was mostly ice-covered and joined by land to Britain and continental Europe during the last ice age.
		Ireland's largest religious group is the Roman Catholic Church (about 70% for the entire island, and over 90% for the Republic), and most of the rest of the population adhere to one of the various
		It is Ireland's high standard of living, high wage economy and EU membership that attract many migrants from the newest of the European Union countries: Ireland has had a significant number of Romanian immigrants since the 1990s.
	schools-wikipedia.org /wp/i/Ireland.htm (6090 words)

	Politics \| Tories end 30 years of bipartisanship on Northern Ireland
		In particular, the party is unhappy with the pace of IRA arms decommissioning and with changes to the police service in the province, which have brought the removal of the royal title from the Northern Ireland police service.
		It puts the official opposition on an uprecedent collision course with the government, however.
		Fierce opposition is expected in the Commons today, when the leader of the house Robin Cook will push through a motion enabling the Sinn Fein MPs access to Westminster.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4322075-107980,00.html (361 words)

	The Nationalism Project: Northern Ireland
		Ulster Unionist Party: The UUP is the dominant unionist party in Northern Ireland.
		Understanding Northern Ireland: The conflict in Northern Ireland as presented by the BBC.
		Center for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland: "The purpose of the Society is to promote research into Nineteenth-Century Ireland.
	www.nationalismproject.org /links/nireland.htm (1521 words)

	CONSTITUENT COUNTRY : Encyclopedia Entry
		The term is perhaps most frequently found in practice in reference to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK): the word country does not necessarily connote political independence (thus 'Basque country'), so that it may, according to context, be used to refer either to the UK or one of its constituents.
		Northern Ireland was the first part of the UK to have a devolved government, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was suspended in 1972.
		In the case of Northern Ireland, both the desire for union with the Republic of Ireland and a small movement for independence from both the Republic and the UK have existed.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Constituent_country (566 words)

	Ireland News - Breaking World Ireland News - The New York Times
		Ireland’s northwest is not an ideal place for the type of surfer who is looking to hang out on the beach.
		Ireland is set to vote on June 12 in a referendum that will decide whether the European Union finally gets a full-time president and a single, more powerful, foreign policy chief.
		In Ireland, pride was tinged with shame when their countryman won the Oscar for best song, and botched an attempt to say “thank you” in his nation’s native tongue.
	topics.nytimes.com /top/news/international/countriesandterritories/ireland/index.html?inline=nyt-geo (2614 words)

	UNHCR \| Refworld \| Georgia: Opposition announces plans for "alternative" parliament
		Georgia's largest opposition parties are threatening to create an "alternative" parliament if preliminary results that show the governing United National Movement swept the polls in the May 21 parliamentary elections are not annulled.
		While the OSCE assessment would seem to give the opposition grounds for discontent, the lack of evidence of grievous instances of vote-rigging undermines the opposition's contention that the election results should be deemed illegitimate.
		The several-thousand strong opposition march, though, reached parliament roughly half an hour after the military parade finished and the official guests had cleared the stage in front of the building.
	www.unhcr.org /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=updates&docid=4847a564c (1111 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - Europe/World
		TBILISI: Georgiaâ€™s opposition vowed yesterday to mount a legal challenge and keep up protests to force authorities to hold a recount of a presidential election which it says incumbent Mikhail Saakashvili rigged in his favour.
		Opposition spokeswoman Nino Sturua told Reuters that Saakashviliâ€™s opponents would submit a complaint to a Tbilisi court demanding that the election results be declared void.
		Opposition leaders welcomed any hint of government concessions but said they would not recognise the election result in talks.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=196053&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21 (806 words)

	The Celtic Miracle
		Bruton explained that some of the most essential elements to Ireland's present success were in place well before the current boom.
		Bruton noted that what did change in the period from 1987 to 1990 was that interest rates fell, helping the government to get its ballooning deficit under control, and that a consensus was reached to keep wage increases low so as to maximize the impact of productivity gains upon new economic growth.
		The end result of this, Bruton pointed out, was that Ireland was now considered amongst the riches countries in the EU, whereas as little as ten years ago it was amongst the poorest.
	www.iedm.org /main/show_events_en.php?events_id=113 (248 words)

	HOUSE OF LORDS : Encyclopedia Entry
		The Church of Ireland did obtain representation in the House of Lords after the union of Ireland and Great Britain in 1801.
		Of the Church of Ireland's ecclesiastics, four (one archbishop and three bishops) were to sit at any one time, with the members rotating at the end of every parliamentary session (which normally lasted approximately one year).
		The Church of Ireland, however, was disestablished in 1871, and ceased to be represented by Lords Spiritual.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/House_of_Lords (7143 words)

	NationMedia.com Politics Blog
		An official opposition is not likely to undermine the coalition govt because opposition exist to check the excesses of the govt and thats the more reason Kenya is a multi-party state.
		Still others feel that an opposition bench will give then a platform to build a political career; after all whenever things go downhill as they are always bound to go, the opposition becomes a darling to the people.
		Didn't they realise that parliament would not have an official opposition if ODM joined Government?If they were honest, they should have prevailed upon their Party boss to settle for official opposition till 2012.
	politics.nationmedia.com /Blog/default.asp?Display=248 (1111 words)

	Northern Ireland Peace
		The people of Northern Ireland will soon decide whether to take a step towards joint sovereignty as a solution to the 30 years of conflict they call "the Troubles." The violence extended to England, which has suffered from bomb attacks, including a bombing in London in 1996 which ended a cease-fire.
		The agreement allows for the possibility that Northern Ireland could merge with the Republic of Ireland, though that is unlikely.
		Such opposition defeated the "Sunningdale Agreement," an attempt at peace in 1973 which also sought to establish a link between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
	www.progress.org /archive/fold33.htm (680 words)

	CAIN: Alan Scott (1999) Calendar of Newspaper Articles dealing with Civil Rights issues, 1 June 1968 - 9 December 1968
		He repudiates the picture of Northern Ireland that has been painted since the demonstration Housing remains the government's most pressing commitment, and a conference is called where all housing authorities will meet with the minister of development and O'Neill himself.
		Opposition benches are empty during the debate, but for the presence of Murnaghan.
		Comment: 'Alas, after a commons debate made hollow by absence of opposition, one is forced to the conclusion that the realistic attitudes of a few [Unionist MPs] are tragically outweighed by the obstinacy, and indeed, the eccentricity, of others,' who have attempted to blame the press for exacerbating the situation.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /events/crights/newspapers/scott5b.htm (11800 words)

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		I am very pleased that, contrary to what the members opposite, the two-tier members opposite, have been insisting over the past several weeks, surgeries are, in fact, expanding this year by 141 at St. Boniface Hospital, something that is totally contrary to what members opposite have been circulating.
		Considering the Finance Minister is the only member opposite with the fortitude to admit that his Government election health promises were irresponsible, it came as no surprise to hear him admit it in the Budget yesterday, that his Government still has not ended hallway medicine.
		In fact, although members opposite stated time and time again that come April 5, 2000, quote, there would not be a single patient in hospital hallways, it is more than a full year past this self-imposed deadline, and Manitobans are still waiting for this Government to fulfil their promise.
	www.gov.mb.ca /legislature/hansard/2nd-37th/vol_011/h011.html (20372 words)

	Politics \| 'BBC is pathologically hostile to most British institutions'
		The BBC is pathologically hostile to the government and official opposition, most British institutions, American policy in almost every field, Israel, moderation in Ireland, all western religions, and most manifestations of the free market economy.
		It benefits from an iniquitous tax, abuses its position commercially, has shredded its formal obligation to separate comment from reporting in all political areas, to provide variety of comment, and is poisoning the well of public policy debate in the UK.
		It isn't just at war with the government; it is attempting to take over the formation of public opinion and is masquerading as the officially persecuted voice of truth against the government.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4721179-110251,00.html (460 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - Philippines/East Asia
		The political opposition presented to reporters a former aide to a presidential staff member who said Arroyo was present at a meeting in January 2004 where election officials were handed cash a few months before national polls that she won.
		She did not name the official or say whether it was her voice on recordings of a phone conversation produced by the opposition.
		An opposition impeachment case citing a broad list of allegations against Arroyo, including election fraud, is being examined by a committee in the lower house of Congress, where it is likely to be tangled in legal debate for at least two months.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=46827&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 (1194 words)

	Best of Both Worlds
		The issue in this battle was the defence of King James as ruler of Britain and Ireland against an illegitimate usurpation of the throne by his daughter and a Dutch interloper.
		Where that leaves the many flights from T1 to the Republic of Ireland, we're not sure, but it perhaps confirms the recurring suspicion of the Shamrockshire Eagle that the Republic has been creeping back into the UK anyway.
		But the landmark legislation legalising abortion in England and Wales was passed in 1967, when Northern Ireland had its own parliament, and one point of convergence amidst the general sectarian tensions was the view that NI should not have legal abortion.
	bestofbothworlds.blogspot.com /2003_07_01_bestofbothworlds_archive.html (9156 words)

	Ireland 32
		Expressing the sense of the House of Representitives regarding marches in Northern Ireland.
		Whereas it is in the interest of the Republic of Ireland, the United Kindom, and the United States to bring an end to the strife in Northern Ireland;
		Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representitives that the British Government should prohibit any march by any group through any neighborhood or community in Northern Ireland in which residents have clearly stated their opposition to the march.
	www.gmu.edu /org/ireland32/182.html (314 words)

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