Sinn Féin has struck a deal with the DUP to share the post of Stormont
Assembly speaker following last Thursday’s elections.
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Six-County Assembly begins new term
Sinn Féin has struck a deal with the DUP to share the post of Stormont
Assembly speaker following last Thursday’s elections.
Published May 12, 2011
Coalition’s inaction saps confidence, claims lives
26-County Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been accused of not standing up for
Irish interests following secretive emergency meetings of the European
Union.
Published May 12, 2011
A number of miscarriage of justice victims in the north of Ireland are
to receive compensation following a landmark Supreme Court ruling in the
case of two men whose convictions were overturned.
Published May 12, 2011
Driver saves life of man in loyalist mob attack
A young Catholic
man was knocked unconscious in a random sectarian
attack on Monday as a gang of twenty loyalists kicked and punched him.
Published May 12, 2011
Donnelly calls for national sovereignty vote
A leading dissident republican movement has said a vote on an
all-Ireland basis on the question of Irish unity and national
sovereignty could help bring an end to the conflict in Ireland.
Published May 12, 2011
SF gains 12 council seats, becomes largest party in Belfast
The balance of power at Belfast City Council has shifted, with Sinn Fein
leapfrogging the DUP to become the largest party.
Published May 10, 2011
IRSP falls short by half a vote; SF’s Kelly injured in crash
Almost two-thirds of council posts in the Six Counties have been
declared so far this evening.
Published May 9, 2011
Local election setbacks for UUP; others poll well
Electoral woes have continued for the Ulster Unionist Party in the
local elections in the North.
Published May 9, 2011
SF wins seat in east Antrim as counts conclude
Final results in the Assembly election has confirmed power flowing from
the smaller parties to the larger parties at Stormont, with both Sinn
Fein and the DUP consolidating their positions at the expense of their
nationalist and unionist rivals, the SDLP and UUP respectively.
Published May 7, 2011
UUP leader Tom Elliott lashes out at ‘Sinn Fein scum’
The embattled leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, Tom Elliott,
described Sinn Fein as “scum” after the party won three seats in the
Fermanagh/South Tyrone constituency.
Published May 7, 2011
The electoral system in the North has been branded a “laughing stock” by
a leading academic, while the last speaker of the Stormont assembly has
branded it a “disgrace”.
Published May 7, 2011
DUP and SF tighten grip on Stormont
Sinn Fein and the DUP are still polling strongly as counting draws to a
close on the first day of the election results in the north of Ireland.
Published May 6, 2011
First counts indicate Sinn Fein gains
n the first results in the Assembly election, Sinn Fein are making
gains or holding their own as the long delayed numbers start to come in.
Published May 6, 2011
Huge leap forward for Scottish independence
Scotland is on course to secure independence by 2016 after a
near-revolutionary transformation in British politics today.
Published May 6, 2011
UUP vote collapses amid drop in turnout
The dominant feature of the Six-County Assembly election, which is being
counted today, is the sharp drop in turnout, although Sinn Fein are
upbeat that they can increase their representation at Stormont.
Published May 6, 2011
Election triumph for Scottish nationalists
The Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) could be on course for a historic
victory in the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh, wiping the board in
constituencies across that country.
Published May 6, 2011
Elections are underway in the North today [Thursday], where Sinn Féin
is hoping to become the biggest party in the Belfast Assembly.
Published May 5, 2011
Palestinian peace breakthrough
Palestinians said they had turned the page on division at a ceremony in
Egypt to heal a four-year rift between the Fatah movement and the more
militant group Hamas.
Published May 5, 2011
Concerns over the high level of teenage suicide in west and north
Belfast have reached a new level following a series of deaths in the
past few months.
Published May 5, 2011
Republican groups clash outside church gates
Members of Sinn Fein clashed with members of the National Graves
Association outside a county Tyrone church on Easter Sunday weekend.
Published May 5, 2011
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