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Northern Ireland Is Suddenly Relevant for Westminster Elections and Westminster Is Relevant for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is suddenly relevant for Westminster elections and Westminster is relevant for Northern Ireland blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/northern-ireland-is-suddenly-relevant-for-westminster-elections-and- westminster-is-relevant-for-northern-ireland/ 12/20/2014 What happens in the 18 constituencies of Northern Ireland next May could well be of profound importance both for the outcome at Westminster and for the stability of Northern Ireland. In past elections, MPs from Northern Ireland have been largely irrelevant to the legislative arithmetic of government formation in Westminster. However, in 2015, as Matthew Whiting shows in this post, the fragmentation of the Conservative and Labour vote means that Northern Irish MPs may play a crucial role in deciding which parties govern. It may not sound surprising that Northern Irish constituencies matter in predicting the overall election outcome, but in fact historically this has not really been the case. The only of the major parties to organise and compete in elections to Northern Ireland was the Conservative Party, with both the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats refusing to do so. What is more, the Conservative Party did not enter elections until 1989 and it has always performed poorly in the region, with their highest ever vote share across the region under 6 percent in the 1992 Westminster election. Northern Ireland, even at the height of the Troubles, has always been of low electoral salience for voters in British elections and it is rarely mentioned by candidates or in election manifestos. There have been some notable exceptions to this general trend of the irrelevance of (Northern) Ireland for the governing parties of Westminster. -
Northern Ireland's Snap Assembly Elections: Outcome and Implications
CRS INSIGHT Northern Ireland's Snap Assembly Elections: Outcome and Implications March 7, 2017 (IN10663) | Related Author Kristin Archick | Kristin Archick, Specialist in European Affairs ([email protected], 7-2668) On March 2, 2017, voters in Northern Ireland—which is one of four component "nations" of the United Kingdom (UK) —went to the polls in snap elections for Northern Ireland's Assembly, its regional legislature. The Assembly is a key institution in Northern Ireland's devolved government, in which specified powers have been transferred from London to Belfast, as set out in the 1998 peace agreement aimed at ending Northern Ireland's 30-year sectarian conflict (in which almost 3,500 people died). The peace accord mandated that power in the devolved government would be shared between Northern Ireland's two dominant communities: unionists, or Protestants who largely define themselves as British and support remaining part of the UK, and nationalists, or Catholics who consider themselves Irish and may desire a united Ireland. (For more information, see CRS Report RS21333, Northern Ireland: The Peace Process.) Since 2007, Assembly elections have produced successive power-sharing governments led by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the nationalist all-Ireland political party Sinn Fein. Assembly elections determine the composition of Northern Ireland's Executive, comprised of ministers in charge of policy departments. Following the May 2016 Assembly elections, DUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Fein's northern leader Martin McGuiness returned to head the Executive as First Minister and Deputy First Minister, respectively. Despite a much-improved security situation in Northern Ireland and progress in implementing important aspects of the peace accord, significant divisions and distrust persist between the unionist and nationalist communities and their respective political parties. -
Dziadok Mikalai 1'St Year Student
EUROPEAN HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY Program «World Politics and economics» Dziadok Mikalai 1'st year student Essay Written assignment Course «International relations and governances» Course instructor Andrey Stiapanau Vilnius, 2016 The Troubles (Northern Ireland conflict 1969-1998) Plan Introduction 1. General outline of a conflict. 2. Approach, theory, level of analysis (providing framework). Providing the hypothesis 3. Major actors involved, definition of their priorities, preferences and interests. 4. Origins of the conflict (historical perspective), major actions timeline 5. Models of conflicts, explanations of its reasons 6. Proving the hypothesis 7. Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Northern Ireland conflict, called “the Troubles” was the most durable conflict in the Europe since WW2. Before War in Donbass (2014-present), which lead to 9,371 death up to June 3, 20161 it also can be called the bloodiest conflict, but unfortunately The Donbass War snatched from The Troubles “the victory palm” of this dreadful competition. The importance of this issue, however, is still essential and vital because of challenges Europe experience now. Both proxy war on Donbass and recent terrorist attacks had strained significantly the political atmosphere in Europe, showing that Europe is not safe anymore. In this conditions, it is necessary for us to try to assume, how far this insecurity and tensions might go and will the circumstances and the challenges of a international relations ignite the conflict in Northern Ireland again. It also makes sense for us to recognize that the Troubles was also a proxy war to a certain degree 23 Sources, used in this essay are mostly mass-media articles, human rights observers’ and international organizations reports, and surveys made by political scientists on this issue. -
UNITED Kingdompolitical Killings in Northern Ireland EUR 45/001/94 TABLE of CONTENTS
UNITED KINGDOMPolitical Killings in Northern Ireland EUR 45/001/94 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 Killings by members of the security forces ........................................................... 3 Investigative Procedures: practice and standards ...................................... 8 The Use of Lethal Force: Laws and Regulations/International Standards ..................................................................................... 12 Collusion between security forces and armed groups ........................................ 14 The Stevens Inquiry 1989-90 ..................................................................... 14 The Case of Brian Nelson .......................................................................... 16 The Killing of Patrick Finucane .................................................................. 20 The Stevens Inquiry 1993 .......................................................................... 23 Other Allegations of Collusion .................................................................... 25 Amnesty International's Concerns about Allegations of Collusion ............ 29 Killings by Armed Political Groups ...................................................................... 34 Introduction ................................................................................................. 34 Human Rights Abuses by Republican Armed Groups .............................. 35 IRA Bombings -
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A Democratic Design? the Political Style of the Northern Ireland Assembly
A Democratic Design? The political style of the Northern Ireland Assembly Rick Wilford Robin Wilson May 2001 FOREWORD....................................................................................................3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................4 Background.........................................................................................................................................7 Representing the People.....................................................................................................................9 Table 1 Parties Elected to the Assembly ........................................................................................10 Public communication......................................................................................................................15 Table 2 Written and Oral Questions 7 February 2000-12 March 2001*........................................17 Assembly committees .......................................................................................................................20 Table 3 Statutory Committee Meetings..........................................................................................21 Table 4 Standing Committee Meetings ..........................................................................................22 Access to information.......................................................................................................................26 Table 5 Assembly Staffing -
Democracy and Change the 1920 Local Elections in Ireland
Democracy and Change The 1920 Local Elections in Ireland Local Government Archivists and Records Managers in association with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government Democracy and Change The 1920 Local Elections in Ireland Local Government Archivists and Records Managers in association with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government Published by the Department of Planning, Housing and Local Government © Local Government Archivists and Records Managers [September 2020] Text and images provided by members of the Local Government Archivists and Records Managers All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Designed by: Yellowstone Cover image: Crowds at rally in Westland Row, Dublin, following the release of prisoners 1917. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. ISBN: 978-0-95084-702-7 Democracy and Change ǀ The 1920 Local Elections in Ireland Table of Contents Foreword 1 Introduction 3 The value of local archives 5 Acknowledgements 6 Background 8 Local government reform 13 Proportional Representation 18 Introduction of Proportional Representation to Ireland 19 January 1920 election – borough and urban councils 27 May and June 1920 election – county and rural district councils 36 Women and the 1920 local election 45 1920-1925 Local government during an unstable period 49 Some notable figures of the 1920 local elections 54 Endnotes 58 Recommended reading 59 Web links to articles 59 Newspapers 60 Publications 60 Appendix 1 Results of the county council elections in June 1920 as transcribed from the Freeman’s Journal, 12 June 1920 61 Appendix 2 List of local authority archives services in Ireland 64 First meeting of Cork City Council following the 1920 local election. -
Ireland Between the Two World Wars 1916-1949, the Irish Political
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research University of Oran Faculty of Letters, Arts and Foreign Languages, Department of Anglo-Saxon Languages Section of English THE IRISH QUESTION FROM HOME RULE TO THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, 1891-1949 Thesis submitted to the Department of Anglo-Saxon Languages in candidature for the Degree of Doctorate in British Civilization Presented by: Supervised by: Mr. Abdelkrim Moussaoui Prof. Badra Lahouel Board of examiners: President: Dr. Belkacem Belmekki……………………….. (University of Oran) Supervisor: Prof. Badra Lahouel…………………………… (University of Oran) Examiner: Prof. Abbès Bahous………………….. (University of Mostaganem) Examiner: Prof. Smail Benmoussat …………………..(University of Tlemcen) Examiner: Dr. Zoulikha Mostefa…………………………… (University of Oran) Examiner: Dr. Faiza Meberbech……………………… (University of Tlemcen) 2013-2014 1 DEDICATION …To the Memory of My Beloved Tender Mother… 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS By the Name of God the Clement and the Merciful First and foremost, I would like to thank my mentor and supervisor, the distinguished teacher, Professor Badra LAHOUEL, to whom I am so grateful and will be eternally indebted for her guidance, pieces of advice, encouragement and above all, her proverbial patience and comprehension throughout the preparation of this humble research paper. I am also profoundly thankful to whom I consider as a spiritual father, Professor, El Hadj Fawzi Borsali may God preserve him, for his inestimable support and instructive remarks. Special thanks to all my previous teachers through my graduation years: Lakhdar Barka, Moulfi, Maghni, Mostefa, Sebbane, Boutaleb, Layadi, Chami, Rahal, and those we lost Mr Bouamrane and Mr Benali may their souls rest in peace. I would also like to express my gratitude to Mr Moukaddess from England, for his valuable help, and to my friend Abdelkader Kourdouli for being very willing to help. -
Peter Robinson DUP Reg Empey UUP Robin Newton DUP David Walter Ervine PUP Naomi Rachel Long Alliance Michael Stewart Copeland UUP
CANDIDATES ELECTED TO THE NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY 26 NOVEMBER 2003 Belfast East: Peter Robinson DUP Reg Empey UUP Robin Newton DUP David Walter Ervine PUP Naomi Rachel Long Alliance Michael Stewart Copeland UUP Belfast North: Nigel Alexander Dodds DUP Gerry Kelly Sinn Fein Nelson McCausland DUP Fred Cobain UUP Alban Maginness SDLP Kathy Stanton Sinn Fein Belfast South: Michael McGimpsey UUP Simon Mark Peter Robinson DUP John Esmond Birnie UUP Carmel Hanna SDLP Alex Maskey Sinn Fein Alasdair McDonnell SDLP Belfast West: Gerry Adams Sinn Fein Alex Atwood SDLP Bairbre de Brún Sinn Fein Fra McCann Sinn Fein Michael Ferguson Sinn Fein Diane Dodds DUP East Antrim: Roy Beggs UUP Sammy Wilson DUP Ken Robinson UUP Sean Neeson Alliance David William Hilditch DUP Thomas George Dawson DUP East Londonderry: Gregory Campbell DUP David McClarty UUP Francis Brolly Sinn Fein George Robinson DUP Norman Hillis UUP John Dallat SDLP Fermanagh and South Tyrone: Thomas Beatty (Tom) Elliott UUP Arlene Isobel Foster DUP* Tommy Gallagher SDLP Michelle Gildernew Sinn Fein Maurice Morrow DUP Hugh Thomas O’Reilly Sinn Fein * Elected as UUP candidate, became a member of the DUP with effect from 15 January 2004 Foyle: John Mark Durkan SDLP William Hay DUP Mitchel McLaughlin Sinn Fein Mary Bradley SDLP Pat Ramsey SDLP Mary Nelis Sinn Fein Lagan Valley: Jeffrey Mark Donaldson DUP* Edwin Cecil Poots DUP Billy Bell UUP Seamus Anthony Close Alliance Patricia Lewsley SDLP Norah Jeanette Beare DUP* * Elected as UUP candidate, became a member of the DUP with effect from -
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ARMADA DEL ECUADOR ACADEMIA DE GUERRA NAVAL Guayaquil -O
ARMADA DEL ECUADOR ACADEMIA DE GUERRA NAVAL Guayaquil -o- LECTURAS RECOMENDADAS THE NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT 1968-1998 – AN OVERVIEW JOHN DORNEY, THE IRISH STORY Lectura Recomendada por: CPNV-EMC Gabriel Abad Neuner Agregado de Defensa del Ecuador ante el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte 2020 “The Northern Ireland Conflict 1968-1998 – An Overview” de John Dorney Gabriel Abad Neuner Capitán de Navío EMC Agregado de Defensa del Ecuador ante el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte La intervención de las Fuerzas Armadas en las épocas actuales cada vez dista más del escenario de guerra convencional. Varias guerras de corte asimétrico se han desarrollado posterior a la II GM, como la guerra de liberación de Argelia, pasando por la guerra de Vietnam hasta la de Irlanda del Norte que aborda el presente artículo y que para efectos académicos terminó en 1998. Lo que tienen en común todas estas participaciones de Fuerzas Armadas es la actuación en un ambiente tanto urbano como rural según sea el escenario, pero siempre con un oponente mezclado y con profundas raíces en la población civil, como los eventos de octubre del año 2019 tanto en Ecuador como en otros países de Latinoamérica, cosa que generalmente escapa de la doctrina normal y se ubica en el ambiente de la doctrina de contrainsurgencia. Válgase la oportunidad entonces de introducir el análisis de un conflicto de estas características que podríamos decir “especiales”, y digo introducir ya que lo que propone el autor no es más que una revisión o descripción muy general de un tema sobre el cual en el propio Reino Unido no se habla mucho y sobre el cual generalmente hay que buscar otros autores ya sea franceses o norteamericanos. -
North-Down-Independent-Newspaper
www.northdownindependent.com ELECTION SURPRISE Brian Wilson to contest May’s Assembly election There was considerable surprise among local politicians speeches and copies of the 120 issues of West Bangor News he when the former North Down Councillor and Green delivered over the past 30 years. Party MLA announced that he proposes to stand in May’s Assembly elections as an Independent. In his press statement Brian Wilson commented “When I left the Assembly in 2011 I certainly had no wish or intention to return but as I followed the action or more accurately the inaction of the Assembly Mr Wilson was a North Down councillor for more than 30 years but over the past 5 years I began to despair as all the goodwill enjoyed did not stand for the new Ards and North Down Borough Council. He following the Executive agreement was being rapidly lost. was mayor of North Down in 1993/4. He is married to former Alliance Alderman Anne Wilson who also served as mayor in 2003/4. The Assembly has become known for its allowances scandal, gridlock, Prior to his election to the Assembly in 2007 he was an economic refusal to hold Executive meetings, petty bickering, insults over lecturer at B.I.H.F.E. Having promised the Green Party and his language and point scoring over incidents of decades ago. To many constituents he would serve only one term he did not stand again in particularly the young it has become a sick joke. Instead of agreeing 2011. plans for the future the emphasis is on point scoring and blame for events of the past.