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  BBC - History - War and Conflict - Stormont   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Stormont is the seat of devolved government in Northern Ireland.
Located six miles east of Belfast, Stormont is a large edifice built of Portland stone on a plinth of Mourne granite.
Stormont became the seat of a new Northern Ireland government on 2 December 1999 when the Northern Ireland Executive was established.
www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/troubles/factfiles/stormont.shtml   (457 words)

  
 Stormont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stormont County an old county that is now a part of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario
Stormont, a settlement S of Urbanna in Middlesex County, Virginia
Lord Stormont was ambassador in France in the 18th century.
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 Encyclopedia: Provisional Irish Republican Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
An IRA mural in Belfast, typical of the emotive imagery used on both sides of the political divide.
However, following the collapse of the Stormont power-sharing government in 2002, which was partly triggered by allegations that republican spies were operating within Parliament Buildings and the Civil Service (although no convictions came from the widely-publicised police operation), the IRA temporarily broke contact with General de Chastelain.
Stormont is Stormont, a suburb of Belfast Stormont Castle, a castle in the area Parliament Building of Northern Ireland, known as Stormont a nickname for the former Parliament of Northern Ireland and its unionist-dominated executive, the Government of Northern Ireland Stormont County an old county that is now a...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Provisional-Irish-Republican-Army   (11705 words)

  
 Belfast Hotels - Belfast Ireland Tourism - Belfast Bed & Breakfast (B&B) and Accommodation - BelfastTourist.com
Belfast, although Ireland's second largest city, is a relatively compact city with most of its points of interest within walking distance of the city centre, which is centred around Donegall Square.
Belfast's main visitor attractions include: the Ulster Museum, which is the principal museum of Northern Ireland; The Grand Opera House which is Northern Ireland's premier theatre; the Botanical Gardens; The Linen Hall Library, which is Belfast's oldest library; and the Odyssey Arena, Ireland's largest indoor venue, which hosts music and sports events.
Belfast has a wide range of accommodation available, from 5 star hotels to modest hostels and cosy bed and breakfasts and guesthouses.
www.belfasttourist.com   (875 words)

  
 Stormont Hotel 587 Upper Newtownards Rd Belfast Antrim Ireland
The Stormont Hotel is situated just 6Km from Belfast city centre and 3Km from Belfast City Airport.
The Stormont Hotel Belfast is most definitely a hotel of luxury and prestige.
The Stormont Hotel Belfast boasts two restaurants and a wide choice of delicious food.
www.irishbeds.com /hotel/00465.html   (173 words)

  
 Stormont Castle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is clear, however, that Turner's design for Stormont is not derived from Prince Albert's work there between 1853 and 1855, but from a set of drawings still preserved in the Public Record Office for Northern Ireland.
On his moving away from Belfast the Castle became vacant, and in April 1921 both it and the surrounding land was offered at auction by a firm of Dublin auctioneers, but withdrawn when no bid higher than £15,000 was obtained.
Captain O'Neill as Prime Minister resided, when in Belfast, at Stormont House, built as a residence for the Speakers of the Northern Ireland House of Commons (but not used as such by the then speaker, the late Sir Norman Stronge, who with his son was later assassinated by the IRA).
www.nics.gov.uk /castle/castle.htm   (1933 words)

  
 Irish American Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sources in Belfast have claimed that the raid was to establish if an employee of the Northern Ireland office was passing on information of a sensitive nature to republicans.
Denis Donaldson, Sinn Féin administrator at Stormont, was in court last night charged with having personnel details of the Head of the British Army in Northern Ireland and a serving police officer.
What happened at Stormont was for the optics, it was part of the preparation of an exit strategy for the Ulster Unionists, and I am afraid to say I think that the British Government, under the NIO have been up to their necks in trying to provide that.
www.gaelicweb.com /irishampost/year2002/10october/news/news09.html   (13694 words)

  
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However Belfast's Andersonstown News in the first week of February asked if the Dublin Administration was managing to "negotiate away" what had been achieved by the previous 26-County administration.
Belfast's 'Irish News' of February 7 reported Smyth, a former Grand Master of the Orange Order as saying that allegations had been made that more than 14 people were killed On Bloody Sunday.
UDA/UFF FIGURE SHOT DEAD IN SOUTH BELFAST AT lunchtime on February 10 a leading Belfast loyalist, believed to be connected with the UDA/UFF British-based death squad, was shot dead outside Balmoral Textile Factory in the south of the city.
www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/98ire/Irish_Republican_Info_Svc__231_2-10-98   (4522 words)

  
 :: Environment and Heritage Service - Natural Heritage ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Encroachment of development from the edges of Belfast threatens to alter the rural character of the escarpment as well as the definition of the urban edge.
Stormont Estate is dominant feature of the landscape containing ornamental and productive gardens, fields, woodland and parkland.
The population of red squirrels at Stormont is approx.
www.ehsni.gov.uk /natural/country/104.shtml   (2364 words)

  
 Stormont Hotel, Belfast - Wotif.com
Situated in the leafy suburbs of Belfast, overlooking the landscaped gardens of Stormont Castle, the luxury Stormont Hotel is only four miles from Belfast City Centre.
Whether out and about in Belfast City Centre, or playing golf on the nearby championship courses, guests can find lots to see and do during their stay at the Stormont hotel.
The Stormont is the perfect base from which to explore the magnificent National Trust Houses and grand gardens, beaches and many heritage sites that the wonderful Coast of Down has to offer.
www.wotif.com /Stormont-Hotel,-Belfast.html   (474 words)

  
 Edward Carson
He gave up his seat at Dublin University in the 1918 general election and was instead elected for Belfast Duncairn.
He continued to lead the Unionists but when the Government of Ireland Act 1920 was introduced, advised his party to work for the exemption of six Ulster counties from Home Rule as the best compromise (a compromise he had previously rejected).
In 1932 he had unveiled a large statue of himself in front of the Parliament Building of Northern Ireland at Stormont, Belfast.
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 Stormont Hotel in Belfast, United Kingdom
There is a children's play area half a mile (800 meters) from the hotel, while ice skating facilities are available at the Dundonald Bowl, five miles (eight kilometers) away.
Other places of interest include Stormont Castle and Gardens, a Titanic Exhibition and Ards Peninsula, all within eight miles (13 kilometers) of the hotel.
Belfast International Airport is 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the hotel.
www.hotel-rates.com /gb/belfast/stormont-hotel.html   (573 words)

  
 Trimble Demands British Govt. Action Against IRA
BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's Protestant First Minister David Trimble called on the British government on Friday to act against the Irish Republican Army after a police raid on the offices of the group's political ally Sinn Fein.
Trimble told journalists he believed the raid on a Sinn Fein office at the province's devolved parliament at Stormont, east Belfast, was in response to "an IRA intelligence operation directed against the upper echelons of the government."
In what was described as a big operation involving over 200 officers, police swooped on a number of addresses in north and west Belfast, as well as at Sinn Fein's offices in the Stormont parliament in the east of the city, and made several arrests.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/762945/posts   (762 words)

  
 Stormont Hotel - BELFAST,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A modern hotel with glass façade overlooking the landscaped gardens of Stormont Castle, the Stormont Hotel lies four miles east of Belfast city center.
Trains run to Belfast Central and Victoria Street stations, leaving from the station adjacent to the airport.
From the center of Belfast guests should take bus numbers 16, 17 or 20 for Newtownards.
belfast-hotels.hotelplanner.com /Hotel-Details/108752-2392-lex/Directory/HASTINGS-STORMONT-HOTEL.html   (320 words)

  
 Stormont Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland - 1 2 Travel Ireland Travel Information Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Situated in the leafy suburbs of Belfast, overlooking the landscaped gardens of Stormont Castle, the Stormont Hotel is only four miles from Belfast city centre.
The Stormont hotel boasts two restaurants and a wide choice of delicious food.
Convenient courses include: Royal Belfast Knock: Adjacent to the Hastings Stormont Hotel, this parkland course has long fireways with large trees to add an extra challenge.
www.12travel.com /ie/accommodation/localfavourites/stormont.html   (325 words)

  
 Newry & Down Democrat Challenge Cup
Belfast Harlequins and North Down will contest this year's final with play commencing on both days at 11am.
Waringstown and Belfast Harlequins (in their old guise as NICC) have both won the cup twenty times.
In reaching the final this year Belfast Harlequins were victorious over Holywood, Waringstown and Lurgan while North Down beat Bangor, Woodvale and Downpatrick to secure their place in the final.
www.tch.ie /content/templates/tchnews2.aspx?articleid=45&zoneid=1   (184 words)

  
 Research Study Group: Sites:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Belfast Corporation built six Sub Controls between 1954 and 1956 each reporting to the Corporation main control in the former Regional War Room in Mount Eden Park.
The Sub Control remained operational until the disbanding of the Civil Defence Corps in 1968 and is now used as a government document store.
The single storey concrete blockhouse is surrounded by bushes in a car park on the south side of Stormont Castle grounds and on the north side of Newtownards Road.
www.subbrit.org.uk /rsg/sites/b/belfast_stormont_sub_control   (94 words)

  
 BBC News | UK | Sir Elton to sing for Irish peace
Sir Elton John is to give an open-air concert at Stormont Castle in Belfast on May 27, five days after the projected date for a referendum on the political future of Northern Ireland.
It is the first time that the Stormont grounds will be used for such an event.
It is nearly 10 years since Sir Elton last performed in Belfast, but he says that his Northern Ireland fans are more responsive to his music than anyone else.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk/73774.stm   (362 words)

  
 Stormont Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian congregation of Stormont was formed in 1932 on the suburban edge of the growing City of Belfast, one of the 559 congregations of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland dating from 1642.
Stormont Church is active also in the local Belmont and District Council of Churches with 2 Presbyterian Churches, 2 Church of Ireland, 1 Roman Catholic and 1 Methodist.
All professions and occupations associated with an industrial City and a commercial and administrative centre such as Belfast are represented.
www.presbyterianireland.org /congregations/stormont.html   (324 words)

  
 Hotels selected near Seaforde House, Seaforde
The Stormont Hotel is situated just four miles from Belfast City center and two miles from Belfast City Airport.
The Jurys Inn Belfast is a first class hotel conveniently situated two miles from the Belfast City Airport and 12 miles from the Aldergrove Airport.
Standing on the wooded slopes and overlooking the Belfast Lough and the County Antrim coastline is the magnificent and prestigious Culloden Hotel.
en-castle.besthotels.com /europe-russia/united-kingdom/2/seaforde-house-06.html   (796 words)

  
 BBC News | NORTHERN IRELAND | Flatley to dance at Stormont
The former star of Riverdance, which brought Irish dancing to the international stage, is to perform at a multi-million pound show at Stormont in Belfast.
The concert in the grounds of Northern Ireland's suspended assembly building on 29 July, is expected to attract an audience of 15,000.
Chicago-born Flatley said Belfast was chosen for the one-off production because of a promise he made to fans in Dublin.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_701000/701353.stm   (251 words)

  
 Stormont Belfast - online hotel reservations
With its proximity to the stunning views of the Stormont Parliament and improved facilities, this is a very good 4-star property.
Since the new front of the hotel has been added, the hotel now has a very impressive, large and modern lobby.
Hotel is situated 6.5kms from Belfast city centre and 3kms from Belfast City Airport in a quiet residential area overlooking the landscaped grounds of Stormont Castle.
www.all-hotels.com /xbook/servlet/hotel-details?hotl_id=295692   (175 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Hotel - Stormont Hotel Belfast Northern Ireland
The Stormont Hotel is situated just four miles from Belfast city centre and two miles from Belfast City Airport, in a quiet residential area overlooking the landscaped grounds of Stormont Castle.
From the warmth of the welcome to the level of services, you are instantly conscious of the professionalism and dedication which has earned the Stormont Hotel its enviable reputation.
The Stormont is most definitely a hotel of luxury and prestige.
sevenseastour.com /europe/unitedkingdom/northernireland/stormonthotel   (243 words)

  
 Global Day of Prayer - Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Stormont in Belfast, Northern Ireland is home to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The 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.
www.globaldayofprayer.co.uk /z-latestnews.html   (769 words)

  
 Hastings Stormont Hotel - Belfast hotels at LateRooms.com - Hotels in Belfast cheap hotels near Belfast N. Ireland
If the reservation is not cancelled outside of the 1 day cancellation notice period, your credit card will be charged with the full amount of the first night's stay.
Situated just across the road from Northern Ireland's famous Parliament Buildings, the Stormont Hotel is the ideal venue for a wide variety of both business and private occasions.
Enjoy the luxury and comfort of this modern, stylish hotel is only a short drive from Belfast City centre.
www.laterooms.com /en/B73009.html   (563 words)

  
 Concerts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ulster Hall, Belfast, 29 May 2003 - this gig will not only be their first live gig of 2003 but also their first time back in Belfast for many years.
This was the first of many concerts which have taken place since Mo Mowlam (ex N Ireland Secretary of State) put forward the idea to use the Stormont grounds for concerts.
This was the 1st of 3 times which I have seen Van - being Van during the concert he walked off during 1 of the songs and left a song sheet for the drummer to finish off singing.
www.nireland.com /petercdonnelly/concerts.htm   (714 words)

  
 Stormont Hotel - Belfast - Stormont Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor
Contemporary Hotel overlooking Stormont Castle in pleasant rural setting, 3 miles from city center.
We came across the stormont on a website, and after speaking to a few friends, we decided that the price...
The Stormont Hotel is located on the Eastern outskirts of Belfast, a good 20-25 minutes drive from the...
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 Search Tuna Report for Ulster Flag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Description: The Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, collections and displays of Applied Art, Fine Art, Botany, Zoology, Geology, Antiquities and Local History is part of MAGNI, the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland....
Little is known about their opposition except for the fact that they have been formed within the last five years and they captured the Fermanagh title by beating a highly fancied Enniskillen Gaels by 7 points....
It begins by positing some thoughts on the strange phenomenon of the flying of Israeli flags in Belfast as highlighted by the quoted at the beginning of the essay....
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 Belfast Trip 2004
By the time we arrived at Belfast city centre we only had enough time to put our bags into our Hotel and then move on to City Hall for the Belfast Memorial Service.
We were lucky enough to get access to City Hall and be invited into the Lord Mayors Reception, where we were amongst the Politicians and different dignitaries of Belfast, We then left to get changed and take part in the Belfast County Grand Lodge Parade in East Belfast.
We were fortunate to be walking with members of the L.O.L. 747 of Belfast number 6 District, behind the Sons of Down Flute Band from Donaghadee, The band played really well and was not detered by the scenes from the Short Strand estate.
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 Ananova - Belfast venue switch for Dylan
Bob Dylan's planned concert at Belfast's Stormont Castle later this month has been moved to the city's Odyssey Arena.
The change of venue is because the promoter was unable to obtain a government grant to stage the show in the grounds of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
He said: "Stormont is a wonderful setting, but all the facilities and services have to be built on the site.
www.ananova.com /entertainment/story/sm_987752.html?menu=   (220 words)

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