Northern Ireland: is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland with an area of 13‚843km2‚ was built on 3 May 1921. is Consociational devolved government within a constitutional monarchy. Capital and largest city: Belfast. Official language: English. Monarch: Elizabeth II First Minister: Peter Robinson. Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Theresa Villiers shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west. As of 2011‚ its population was
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acts as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein‚ a legal political movement dedicated to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and unifying Ireland but a direct terrorist or financial connection between the two groups has yet to be publicly established. The Provisional IRA accepted the cease-fire and has endorsed its affiliates in taking seats in the new Stormont Northern Assembly. In order to maintain an upright appearance the IRA often uses the Direct Action Against Drugs (DAAD) organization
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The Irish Republican Army or IRA is Northern Ireland’s most notorious terrorist organization. Like many other groups‚ the IRA is a militant nationalist group with Marxist tendencies. They use violent attacks such as bombings‚ assassinations‚ kidnappings‚ extortion‚ and robberies that they used .to send their message. The ultimate goal of the IRA is to use militant behavior to make British rule in Northern Ireland obsolete‚ thus letting Northern Ireland become an independent republic‚ instead of two
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com). It can also be defined as “the transfer of power from a superior sovereign to a subordinate parliament or assembly.” (Tonge 2010). Within a devolved state‚ the sovereign power retains the technical power to suspend the devolved government. Since Labour came into power in 1997 under Tony Blair‚ power has been devolved from Westminster to Scotland‚ Wales as well as Northern Ireland. Devolved government was created in both Scotland and Wales after majority referenda in the respective countries;
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connection of Northern Ireland to Great Britain. The IRA is also dedicated to the creation of a single unified Irish state. The name IRA derived from the veterans of the Easter Battles of 1916. The battle was fought for support of Irish independence. Accordingly the IRA became the political division of the Sinn Fein party. The political leaders of Britain and Ireland‚ negotiated a treaty that incorporated 26 of Ireland’s counties as the Irish Free State. The remainder of Ireland‚ remained part
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known as “trouble times” in Northern Ireland. The fighting began as far back as 1921‚ and did not reach an agreement‚ called the Good Friday Agreement until May 22‚ 1998. The Protestant’s considers them self British and supports the United Kingdom‚ or Unionist. While the Catholics‚ which are in the minority only by 44%‚ considers thierself to be Irish. The Catholics want a united Ireland and most are nationalist. “The latest version of “the troubles” in Northern Ireland was sparked in late 1968‚ when
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been limited and far less radical than they first proposed. Perhaps the greatest challenge to the pre-1997 constitution was the plethora of legislation which provided for devolution. Under the Government of Wales Act and the Northern Ireland Act‚ the national assemblies were granted certain devolutionary power‚ whereas in the case of Scotland‚ under the Scotland Act‚ the nation was given a parliament. While the powers granted to each state vary ‚ there has been a clear impact made on both the
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Teanco History 142 The Table of Contents I. The Relations of Ireland and Britain before 1840’s…………………………………………3 II. The Fight for Irish Identity……………………………………………………………………..5 The Union and the loss of Irish Pride ………………………………………………….5 The Bills of 1886 and 1893 …………………………………………………………......6 The Sinn Fēin ………………………………………………………………………...…..7 III. Irish Free State …………………………………………………………………………….…..8 IV. Republic of Ireland …………………………………………………………………………….9 The Catholics and Protestants ……………………………………………………
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complex process of constitutional reform whereby power (not legal sovereignty) is distributed to national or regional institutions within a state. The most well known in Britain is most likely the devolution of power in Wales‚ Scotland and Northern Ireland where assemblies have been established in each of these areas. Devolution has many advantages and disadvantages; however‚ it is debatable as to whether or not the concept of devolution has more positive qualities than negative. Since the late twentieth-century
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government to remove all British military presence in “their” country. Additionally‚ the statement indicated a merger between several republican sovereignty organizations by stating that “In recent years the establishment of a free and independent Ireland has suffered setbacks due to the failure among the leadership of Irish nationalism and fractures within republicanism.” The IRA had merged with other republican militant organizations into a new organization‚ a more structured and potentially dangerous
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