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Topic: South Ireland (European Parliament constituency)

	European elections
		European Parliament elections took place within a 4-day period in the month of June all over the European Union.
		The 2004 european elections were the first elections with an enlarged EU of 25 Member States.
		In 2003 the Irish Government established a Constituency Commission to report on the constituencies for election of members to the Dail and to the European Parliament.
	oasis.gov.ie /government_in_ireland/.../european_elections.html (401 words)

	European Parliament UK Office - Elections Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Elections to the European Parliament are held every five years.
		The European Parliament was directly elected for the first time in 1979.
		The European Parliamentary Elections Act, which received Royal Assent on 14th January 1999, introduced a regional list system with seats allocated to parties in proportion to their share of the vote.
	www.europarl.org.uk /guide/Gelectionfacts.htm (278 words)

	European Parliament constituency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In five European Union Member States (Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom), the national territory is divided into a number of constituencies for European elections.
		In Poland they may do so only at a constituency level, but seats are allocated nationally.
		Currently, the German speaking community of Belgium are the most represented in the EU Parliament with one seat for their 71,000 population, while the people of Sardinia and Sicily are the least represented, with only one seat per 943,000 people.
	www.godseye.com /stat/en/e/u/r/European_Parliament_constituency_ee9a.html (186 words)

	EU news: An Independent View from European Voice
		THE European Parliament issued its second challenge to the French government in a year this week when it narrowly voted to cancel one of the dozen plenary sessions earmarked for Strasbourg in 1997.
		THE long-running battle over the seat of the European Parliament is set to surface again in the wake of this week’s vote by MEPs to hold only 11 plenary sessions in Strasbourg next year instead of the 12 laid down in an agreement struck in 1992 aimed at ending the dispute.
		Visitors to the European Parliament’s vast, glitzy Espace Leopold complex are having no trouble finding their way to the new building, even though no one has bothered to put up any signs to point them in the right direction.
	www.europeanvoice.com /archive/issue.asp?id=40 (2225 words)

	Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972
		Two constituencies, accounting for 11 of the 52 seats, did not vote in the 1925 general election because they had the same number of candidates as seats; in 1933 only 19 of the seats actually had contests.
		The Northern Ireland Parliament sat at a new building near Stormont Castle in East Belfast from 1932, and is often referred to simply as 'Stormont'.
		The last election ever held to the Northern Ireland House of Commons took place for the Belfast St Anne's seat in November 1970 after the death of an anti-reform official Unionist, and resulted in the victory of his son, who is now a UUP life peer.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/hnihoc.htm (2478 words)

	Fianna Fail (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab03.cs.washington.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This constituency comprises the counties of Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Wexford, Kildare, Laois, Offaly, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Wicklow.
		The constituency of North and West comprises the province of Connacht, the counties of Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal and the county of Clare.
		This constituency comprises the counties of Waterford, Tipperary, Cork, Limerick and Kerry.
	www.fiannafail.ie.cob-web.org:8888 /people.php4?show=MEP (557 words)

	Irish FAQ: Politics [4/10] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		There is more than one seat in a constituency and voters indicate their candidates in order of preference by putting a number next to their name on the ballot ("1" for the favourite candidate, "2" for the next favoured, etc.).
		The first-past-the-post system is used in Northern Ireland, except for elections to local councils and the European Parliament, when a slightly different form of proportional STV is used.
		X was entitled to have an abortion in Ireland as she was threatening to commit suicide.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/cultures/irish-faq/part04 (2217 words)

	South Ayrshire Council - News - European Parliamentary Election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		- This is European Election Day – and the hope is that voters throughout both the Ayr Constituency and the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Constituency will turn out between 7.00 am and 10.00 pm and use their democratic right to VOTE.
		Voters in all 25 member states of the European Union will be going to the polls between Thursday 10 June and Sunday 13 June, with the actual polling day depending in which country they live.
		Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are each classified as a region and England is divided into nine regions.
	www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk /news/2004/EuroElection.htm (843 words)

	Your MEPs
		Ireland has 13 MEPs, (out of a total 732) representing the Dublin, East, South, and North-West constituencies.
		The last elections to the European Parliament were held in June 2004.
		Some Members of the European Parliament are not attached to any political group.
	ec.europa.eu /ireland/general_information/meps/index_en.htm (195 words)

	The Harry Walker Agency, Inc.
		Parliament's President Cox is convinced that the 21st century will see Europe's second renaissance, when following the consolidation of a process of unification, the EU will deliver on jobs, peace and stability and enhance the living standards and quality of life of all its people.
		He was elected three times to Parliament and served, among others, on the Economic and Monetary Affairs, Institutional Affairs and Legal Affairs Committees of the European Parliament.
		He was elected President of the European Liberal Democrat Group in 1998 and played a decisive role on the question of parliamentary accountability of the Executive towards the end of the life of the Santer Commission.
	www.harrywalker.com /speakers_pitch.cfm?Spea_ID=814 (260 words)

	Law.com - European Commission Sparks Software Patent Debate
		Parliament's proposal had been strongly influenced by the intense lobbying and public relations campaign of the open-source community, an increasingly vocal -- and increasingly effective -- group of software developers, programmers, and activists who believe that software code should be open, not protected, so that anyone can modify or improve it.
		In May 2004, the council removed the parliament's patent-limiting amendments and went back to a draft that was close to the commission's original proposal.
		The bigger worry is that European courts may be hearing the debate, as well, and patents that were just a little uncertain three years ago are now a lot uncertain.
	www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1114506316658 (1851 words)

	South Ireland (European Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Ireland is a constituency of the European Parliament.
		It currently elects 3 MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote system.
		The constituency was created in 2004 as a successor to the old Munster constituency.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Ireland_(European_Parliament_constituency) (87 words)

	London - Columbia Encyclopedia article about London (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab03.cs.washington.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Islington, in the north, is mostly residential, while Finsbury, in the south, is highly industrialized.
		South Asian, West Indian, African, and Middle Eastern peoples account for much of the immigrant population.
		With the reestablishment of the city's central government (2000), London built its egg-shaped City Hall (2002), on the south bank of the Thames opposite the Tower of London.
	columbia.thefreedictionary.com.cob-web.org:8888 /London (4252 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| New challenges strain EU-US ties
		The chairman of the parliament's civil liberties committee, French MEP Jean-Marie Cavada, said it was "regrettable" that the court ruled only on the technical framework, not on what he called a "violation of fundamental rights".
		UK Labour MEP Arlene McCarthy, whose constituency includes Manchester airport, said she was not sure the amount of data the US was demanding was really required for security purposes.
		Speaking in the European Parliament on Wednesday, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, whose country holds the EU presidency, said the EU had raised the issue with Washington many times.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/5036282.stm (958 words)

	South West England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab03.cs.washington.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		South West England is one of the regions of England.
		The size of the region is shown by the fact that the northern part of Gloucestershire, near Chipping Campden, is as close to the Scottish border as it is to the tip of Cornwall.
		South West England is one of the constituencies used for elections to the European Parliament.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/South_West_England (1681 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| Elderly statesmen bow out of Europe
		Mr Hume told the BBC that the European Union was "the best example in the history of the world, of conflict resolution".
		He said the three principles at the heart of the EU were the same as those at the heart of the Good Friday Agreement, namely respect for difference, institutions that respect those differences and working together.
		However, Mr Paisley, who topped the poll at each election for the constituency's three seats, used his final speech to warn of the dangers of European enlargement and the rise of Europe as a "superstate".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/3685457.stm (797 words)

	Management Services Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		All non-nationals living in Ireland aged 18 years or over are entitled to vote at and contest local government elections which will be held in Ireland in June, 2004.
		All EU citizens living in Ireland aged 18 years or over are also entitled to vote at and contest the 2004 European elections.
		Returning officers will publish in May 2004 notices of the European election, setting out the arrangements for nominations, etc.The nomination paper of a candidate, who is not a member of a registered political party, must be assented to by 60 electors registered in the European constituency concerned.
	www.limerickcity.ie /general/clerks/cl_clerks.html (639 words)

	Sinn Fein Rising Tom Hayden / The Nation v.274, n.24, 24jun02
		Sinn Fein's presence in the Dublin Parliament may implant a spine in the government led by Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, in the form of diplomatic efforts for peace with justice in the North.
		In the most intensely watched constituency, in North Kerry, the Sinn Fein candidate was Martin Ferris, who had spent ten years in prison for IRA gunrunning on a trawler out of Boston.
		Perhaps the greater burden in the South, shared by parties of the left all over the world, is how to tap the middle-class vote in a time of relative prosperity and voter comfort.
	www.mindfully.org /WTO/Sinn-Fein-Tom-Hayden24jun02.htm (1085 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 20 Dec 1989
		He was a most dedicated, enthusiastic and kind Member of Parliament who will be remembered with affection and gratitude not only by his own constituents but by those of my constituents whom he represented so ably between 1979 and 1983.
		Those who, like me, have the privilege of representing a constituency in the west midlands want to ensure that the world knows that the region continues on the up and up and that business is attracted to the area.
		Members representing constituencies in Cornwall, Northern Ireland, the south of England, north- west Scotland and the east coast, as well as by myself.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1989-12-20/Debate-9.html (7152 words)

	ireland.com \| Election 2004
		To give Ireland a stronger voice in the most effective and cohesive group in the European Parliament the Party of European Socialists (PES).
		To ensure the highest European standards of social and environmental protection become the EU norm and to see to it that Irish MEPs are in the forefront in making that happen.
		The main European issue is the threat to postal, transport and other services which is posed by government misuse of EU directives.
	www.ireland.com /focus/euroelection2004/candidates_brendanryan.html (652 words)

	The 1999 European Election
		He was elected to Stormont in a by-election for the Bannside constituency in 1970 (having lost in the 1968 general election), and has been elected at all five regional level contests since (1973, 1975, 1982, 1996, 1998) from the North Antrim constituency.
		He was elected to Stormont as an independent in the Foyle constituency (much smaller than the later Westminster constituency of the same name) in the 1968 general election, and has been elected at all five regional level contests since (1973, 1975, 1982, 1996, 1998), from County Londonderry in the first three and then from Foyle.
		He was elected as a "top-up" delegate in the 1996 Forum election and also from East Belfast in the 1998 Assembly election.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/fe99.htm (1008 words)

	Scotland (European Parliament constituency) - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament.
		It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
		The constituency corresponds to the country of Scotland, one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom.
	www.medbib.com /Scotland_(European_Parliament_constituency) (49 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Scotland \| Voting reform focusing on youth
		The Arbuthnott Commission report said the single transferable vote system should also be introduced for European Parliament elections.
		Constituency and regional boundaries for the Scottish Parliament should be based on local authority areas rather than Westminster constituencies, with the regions revised to better reflect natural local communities
		Scottish Parliament and local government elections should be held on different days.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/scotland/4626322.stm (650 words)

	Electronic Starry Plough
		Northern Ireland developed a form of dual economy in which people employed in the public sector had relatively comfortable lives while those who were unemployed, poorly-paid or working part-time did not [12].
		The Republic of Ireland is the parallel context in which the IRSM is active and it presents dramatically different conditions from the North.
		The IRSM position on the "false consciousness" of the Northern Ireland working-class are found in "Loyalism," at http://www.irsm.org/general/history/loyalism.htm and "The Broad Front," at http://www.irsm.org/general/history/broadfront.htm, accessed 25 July 2000.
	firstmonday.org /issues/issue6_12/dartnell (6242 words)

	Iowa News Items on Iowa
		IRELAND- It appears, from an official account, that a number of troops serving in Ireland have, in consequence of the quiet and improved condition of that country, been reduced from about 26,000 to the present strength of 18,000 men.
		Catholic bishops of Ireland adopted resolutions appealing to the government and all public bodies and private individuals to help the poor, as the poor law is insufficient to meet the necessities of the impending crisis.
		Sligo, Ireland, was on the verge of a riot on the night of Nov. 25 and the police had to clear the streets.
	www.celticcousins.net /irishiniowa/irishnews.htm (11703 words)

	Ed Horgan Tells European Parliament Committee That Ireland Is A "Rogue Neutral State" - Indymedia Ireland
		One of the previous speakers, Mr Gijs De Vries, European Union Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, emphasised that the foreign policies and control over the intelligence services and security services of individuals EU states do not come under the remit of the European Union.
		In other words, individual European states can engage in unlawful wars anywhere they like, and are not accountable for this to the European Union.
		Edward Horgan to the European Parliament today regarding his work to establish the extent of the use by the CIA of Shannon airport, Mr.
	www.indymedia.ie /article/75590 (4142 words)

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