NIreland gets role in Irish parliament
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Northern Ireland lawmakers are gaining a role in the parliament of the Republic of Ireland for the first time since the island's partition 86 years ago.
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As a member of the Democratic Unionist Party and a member of the Church of Ireland, I have noticed over the last few weeks that there has been considerable media coverage regarding the restoration of power sharing in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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The polar extremes of Northern Ireland politics have strengthened their grip on the province's legislature, ensuring they will control any future Catholic-Protestant administration, substantial election results ...Comment
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Irish deputies handed Prime Minister  Bertie Ahern a third successive term on Thursday, putting him  at the head of a government that will include the Green Party  for the first time.
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The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the largest Protestant party in Northern Ireland, is to hold his first political talks with Irish Prime Minster Bertie Ahern in Dublin later this week, party sources said.
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Northern Ireland will elect a new legislature March 7 that will determine the fate of power-sharing, Britain announced Tuesday in swift reply to an IRA-linked political party's decision to support the police.Comment
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Electoral officials were counting ballots Thursday to find out which Protestant and Catholic parties will control the Northern Ireland Assembly -- and hold the key to revived power-sharing in this British ...Comment
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A Sinn Fein delegation led by party president Gerry Adams is to meet the head of Northern Ireland's police.
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The DUP leader, Ian Paisley, will meet the British prime minister, Tony Blair, in London this morning. In Dublin at noon the Taoiseach will hold talks with Sinn FÃ©in&#39;s Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.
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Two key meetings are set to take place as efforts intensify to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy is to brief Parliament on the failed devolution negotiations.
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The Taoiseach has said there is a narrow window of opportunity for making progress in Northern Ireland.
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Irish PM Bertie Ahern is to be quizzed in parliament on loans and payments he received in the 1990s.
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The Irish foreign minister said Tuesday he expects Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army-linked party, to help run future governments in both parts of Ireland &#151; but only after the IRA disappears.
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Ireland is witnessing important steps towards peace with Sinn Fein's vote to support the police and Croke Park hosting the England rugby team, reports Kevin Connolly.
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BELFAST - Northern Ireland took a step toward restoring a government shared between Protestants and Catholics as it counted votes on Thursday from an election for a new provincial assembly.A ...Comment
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Ireland's ruling party said Tuesday it would form a coalition government with the left-wing Greens, which could alter policies the prime minister put in place over the past 10 years to fuel the country's Celtic Tiger economy.