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Northern Ireland: Dirty tricks & collusion
Will the truth come out?
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Northern Ireland: Can the sectarian stalemate be broken?
ON 5 JANUARY Jeffrey Donaldson, Norah Beare and Arlene Foster announced that they were joining the DUP. Their move underlined the results of the recent elections. The DUP are now the largest unionist party and […]
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Northern Ireland: Civil Service workers hold one day strike over pay
On 11 December, the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) union held a very successful one-day strike. This was in protest against the derisory pay deal imposed by central government – a 0% cost of […]
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Northern Ireland: End of the Road for the Assembly?
The recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections have produced a recipe for ongoing political stalemate and paralysis. Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are the clear victors and, no matter how they try to […]
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Northern Ireland Assembley elections: Divided vote hides workers’ disillusionment
NORTHERN IRELAND’S elections on 26 November were extremely polarised with the hard-line Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on one side and Sinn Fein on the other, gaining support.
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Northern Ireland: Assembley elections – A socialist challenge
Assembly elections
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Northern Ireland: Assembley elections – Politicians deliver stalemate and division
DESPITE MONTHS of negotiations, no agreement has been reached on how an Executive will be put in place after the election. At the last minute David Trimble rejected IRA decommissioning moves as not "transparent" enough […]
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Northern Ireland: Assembley elections – Jim Barbour calls on Finance Minister Ian Pearson to resign
South Belfast Socialist Party candidate Jim Barbour today called on Finance Minister, Ian Pearson, to resign immediately over his handling of pay negotiations with civil servants.
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Northern Ireland Assembly Election Campaign: Financial Appeal
The Socialist Party is contesting the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly to be held on Nov 26th.
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Northern Ireland: Assembley elections – Public Services – Not safe in their hands!
The one thing the main political parties here are all agreed on is that Northern Ireland should be sold to private profiteers.