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Northern Ireland Assembly Elections

DUP 'ready for an election' as political stalemate continues: Belfast Telegraph -

The DUP is clearing the decks for an autumn election if the Executive deadlock means the Assembly gets dissolved, a member of the Executive said last night. Culture Minister Gregory Campbell said his party has canvassed...

This could be a win-win union: Belfast Telegraph - Editorial

Was David Trimble ahead of his time? It was only a little over a year ago that the former Ulster Unionist leader joined the Conservative benches in the House of Lords, fulfilling what he described as "an ambition of many...

Politicians and voters adjust to a post-conflict agenda: The Irish Times - Bryan Coll

Photograph: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press In the final article in his Emerging Northern Ireland series, Bryan Coll meets figures from the North's political, business and cross-community sectors to gauge their expectations for...

Northern Ireland parties announce deal

The rival parties in Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration announced a deal Wednesday that will permit both sides to elect a new leader and keep their unlikely coalition running. The British Protestants of the...

Profile: Northern Ireland

An overview of Northern Ireland including key facts and notes on the media ... Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, is emerging from a period of conflict known as "the Troubles" and is attempting to implement a historic peace deal. Overview Northern Ireland is...

Brian Keenan

IRA man who masterminded the 1970s bombing campaign in London but later played a role in the peace process Brian Keenan was director of IRA operations in England in the mid-1970s. Keenan, who received an 18-year prison sentence in 1980 for conspiring to cause explosions, was also a leading player...

Northern Ireland Assesses United Future

Two-in-five people in Northern Ireland think they will not be united with the Republic of Ireland, according to a poll by Ipsos MORI published in the Belfast Telegraph. 40 per cent of respondents do not believe there will be a United Ireland within the next 50 years, while 35 per cent think this...

Abstentionism or absenteeism?

Abstentionism in the past worked very well for Sinn Féin; it provided a brilliant change of approach after the December 1918 elections which consigned the tired Irish Parliamentary, rather unfairly in some respects, to the dustbin of post-1916 20th century Irish history....

Paisley forced to bow out

David Granville comments on the recent announcemnet by DUP leader Ian Paisley that he is to stand down as party leader and Stormont first minister in May ... by David Granville FOLLOWING MOUNTING pressure from within his own party, Ian Paisley, the 'No' man who eventually...

Irish Activist Deirdre McAliskey on International Women's Day & Role of Women in Irish Peace Process

Saturday is International Women's Day, held on March 8th every year since 1975. Origins date back to the early twentieth century. On February 28, 1909, the Socialist Party of America held the first National Women's Day in honor of the 1908 garment workers' strike here in New York. On Saturday,...

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