Counting in the Belfast Assembly elections is drawing to a close this
evening with significant gains for Sinn Féin and Ian Paisley’s DUP, a
major setback for Reg Empey’s UUP, a breakthrough for the Green Party
and the apparent final demise of Bob McCartney’s UKUP.
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Assembly election - Final update
Published March 9, 2007
SF and DUP set to dominate Executive
Gerry Adams’s Sinn Féin and Ian Paisley’s DUP have continued to add
seats in the election to the Belfast Assembly as counting continued
late into the night in some centres.
Published March 9, 2007
Gains for SF, DUP; Gerry McGeough arrested
Results are being announced in the North of Ireland’s Assembly
election with the DUP and Sinn Féin polling very well.
Published March 8, 2007
Sinn Féin has dismissed an election-eve statement by 320 former IRA
and INLA prisoners who have called for republicans to vote against the
party and for independent republican candidates in today’s election.
Published March 7, 2007
SF Ard Fheis builds party momentum
Seven motions running contrary to Sinn Féin’s policy of tentative
support for Britain’s PSNI police were either voted down or withdrawn
during the party’s annual conference (Ard Fheis) at the weekend, which
mainly focussed on election preparations.
Published March 7, 2007
Injustices mount for ‘McCabe killers’
A High Court judge has again allowed the 26-County state another three
weeks to avoid a challenge by four republicans jailed for the
manslaughter of a Garda police detective to its repeated refusal to
grant them temporary release.
Published March 7, 2007
Election: Constituency profiles
An indicative constituency-by-constituency look at today’s election,
with the emphasis on the nationalist and republican contests.
Published March 7, 2007
Election: Pre-election statements
Election-eve statements by the Presidents of Sinn Fein and Republican Sinn Fein.
Published March 7, 2007
RSF blasts ‘exclusion politics’
Republican Sinn Féin has criticised what it says is a “media blackout”
of their candidates.
Published March 1, 2007
March for Irish language rights
Thousands of supporters of the Irish language took part in a march
through the city centre last weekend demanding equal rights for the
language.
Published March 1, 2007
The graves of nearly 40 people have been desecrated in an
overnight attack on the republican plot at Milltown Cemetery in west
Belfast.
Published March 1, 2007
Sinn Féin’s traditional Belfast headquarters has reopened following a
refurbishment, including new repairs to structural damage suffered in
loyalist attacks.
Published March 1, 2007
Holy Cross case goes to House of Lords
The mother of a Holy Cross schoolgirl is taking her legal claim to the
House of Lords with her complaint at the manner in which the PSNI
failed to defend her daughter from sectarian violence and intimidation
five years ago.
Published March 1, 2007
The unionist paramilitary UDA has announced that it will recognise and
accept the authority of future Sinn Féin ministers following Assembly
elections.
Published February 25, 2007
‘Internment’ of the Special Criminal Court
Republicans have called for international sanction against the Dublin
government over the use of “internment” in the 26
Counties.
Published February 25, 2007
A Sinn Féin delegation last week took part in a conference on policing
organised by the Policing Board amid continuing controversy over the
issue ahead of next week’s election.
Published February 25, 2007
Betwixt and between the election hustings
The North’s election campaign moved into full swing last week, with the
Democratic Unionist Party publishing its manifesto.
Published February 25, 2007
Sinn Féin promises to tackle water charges issue
A recurring theme in the assembly election in the North is the British
government’s proposal for water charges.
Published February 25, 2007
The London government has ruled out a gesture of reconciliation ahead
of the controversial appearance of an English rugby team at the site of
a notorious British massacre in 1920.
Published February 20, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has held a first meeting with the PSNI
chief since his party made its historic decision to support British
policing in the North.
Published February 20, 2007
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