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Ford: Flag protest 'all about votes'
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Ford says flag violence was 'all about votes' Alliance Party leader David Ford has been speaking at the party's annual conference. Alliance leader David Ford has claimed that unionists have whipped up tension in east Belfast over the flag issue in
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Bomb Found in Northern Ireland on Eve of Clinton Visit
Londonderry :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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December 7, 2012 The tensions are not seen as being related to Mrs. Clinton's visit, analysts said, but offer a sobering backdrop to what has been depicted as a celebratory visit recalling President Bill Clinton's diplomatic triumphs in securing the
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Covenant front page missing
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 1 year ago
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Front page of historic covenant missing Political editor, Northern Ireland Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of the historic first page of the Ulster Covenant signed by Sir Edward Carson at Belfast City Hall. Preparations are underway to celebrate
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Nesbitt rules out unionist pact
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 1 year ago
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UUP leader Mike Nesbitt rules out electoral pact with DUP Mike Nesbitt said he would like to stay with a family in a socially-deprived area to find out what it's like The new Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has ruled out forging any electoral
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PUP leader Ervine to stand down
London :: United Kingdom | almost 2 years ago
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PUP leader Brian Ervine to stand down Brian Ervine is to stand down as PUP leader Progressive Unionist Party leader Brian Ervine is to resign following his failure to win a seat in the assembly elections. Mr Ervine said he was going so he could
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Order anger at parade restriction
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 2 years ago
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In its ruling, the Parades Commission said Abide With Me should be played. The order's Reverend Mervyn Gibson said the decision was the "thin end of the wedge". The Commission said the lodge had previously ignored some determinations. The annual
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Leave us in peace, says Northern Ireland first minister Peter Robinson
Belfast :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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The disgraced former "First Lady" of Ulster politics spent nine months in self-imposed exile in London where she received counselling at a clinic. Iris Robinson 's political career ended after revelations that she had an affair with a teenager and
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'Toyboy Affair' MP Questioned By Cops
Belfast :: United Kingdom | almost 3 years ago
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Iris Robinson was questioned by police in London, it is understood The wife of the province's First Minister Peter Robinson was interviewed in London, where she has been living since she quit politics. She resigned as MP for Strangford and gave up
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NIreland leader Robinson surprise loser in UK vote
Dublin :: Ireland | 3 years ago
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The leader of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government emerged Friday as one of the biggest losers in the British election. Not a single political commentator had forecast that Democratic Unionist Party chief Peter Robinson
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Tories and UUP agree candidates
London :: United Kingdom | 3 years ago
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The nine include former TV presenter Mike Nesbitt who will be the joint Conservative and Unionist candidate in Strangford. Daphne Trimble has been nominated by both parties to stand in Lagan Valley. Assembly members Danny Kennedy and John McAlister
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