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Northern Ireland Assembly

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The Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlan Assemblie) is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. [1]

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Alastair Ross

Alastair Ross (born 4 March 1981) is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

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Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) is a liberal and centrist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

The Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 is a 2016 Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Basil McCrea

Basil McCrea (born 13 November 1959) is a politician.

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Billy Leonard

Billy Leonard (born 13 January 1955) is an Irish republican retired politician.

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British intelligence agencies

The Government of the United Kingdom maintains intelligence agencies within several different government departments.

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Chris Lyttle

Chris Lyttle (born 19 January 1981) is an Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politician who has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East (Assembly constituency) since 2010.

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Civil aviation

Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military aviation, both private and commercial.

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Conall McDevitt

Conall McDevitt (born 1972 in Dublin) is an Irish nationalist, and former MLA for South Belfast who was forced to resign following a series of undeclared payments totalling £50,750 made during his three years as an MLA.

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Consociationalism

Consociationalism is often viewed as synonymous with power-sharing, although it is technically only one form of power-sharing.

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Consumer protection

In regulatory jurisdictions that provide for this (a list including most or all developed countries with free market economies) consumer protection is a group of laws and organizations designed to ensure the rights of consumers, as well as fair trade, competition, and accurate information in the marketplace.

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Cross-community vote

A cross-community vote or cross-community support is a form of voting used in the Northern Ireland Assembly according to the provisions of the 1998 Belfast Agreement.

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D'Hondt method

The D'Hondt method or the Jefferson method is a highest averages method for allocating seats, and is thus a type of party-list proportional representation.

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Danny Kinahan

Daniel de Burgh Kinahan (born 14 April 1958) is a British politician from the Ulster Unionist Party, a former Member of Parliament for South Antrim and former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim.

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David McNarry

David McNarry (born 25 May 1948) is a member and former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in Northern Ireland.

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Dawn Purvis

Dawn Purvis (born 1967) is a former Independent Unionist member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann (lit. Assembly of Ireland) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).

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Defamation

Defamation, calumny, vilification, or traducement is the communication of a false statement that, depending on the law of the country, harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.

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Democratic Unionist Party

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Denis Donaldson

Denis Martin Donaldson (1950 – 4 April 2006) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and a member of Sinn Féin who was murdered following his exposure in December 2005 as an informer in the employ of MI5 and the Special Branch of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (formerly the Royal Ulster Constabulary).

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Department for Communities

The Department for Communities is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)

The Department for Infrastructure (DfI, An Roinn Bonneagair; Ulster-Scots: Depairment fur Owerstructur) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department for the Economy

The Department for the Economy (DfE, An Roinn Geilleagair) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is a government department in the Northern Ireland Executive, the devolved administration for Northern Ireland.

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Department of Education (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Education (DENI) (An Roinn Oideachais; Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o Lear) is a devolved Northern Irish government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Finance (DoF, An Roinn Airgeadais, Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o Siller) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Health (DoH, An Roinn Sláinte, Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o Poustie) is a devolved Northern Irish government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Justice is a government department in the Northern Ireland Executive, which was established on 12 April 2010 as part of the devolution of justice matters to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Devolution

Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level.

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Eileen Bell

Eileen Bell CBE (born 15 August 1943) is a politician from Dromara, Northern Ireland.

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Embryology

Embryology (from Greek ἔμβρυον, embryon, "the unborn, embryo"; and -λογία, -logia) is the branch of biology that studies the prenatal development of gametes (sex cells), fertilization, and development of embryos and fetuses.

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European Convention on Human Rights

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international treaty to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe.

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European Union law

European Union law is the system of laws operating within the member states of the European Union.

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Executive Office (Northern Ireland)

The Executive Office is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive with overall responsibility for the running of the Executive.

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Financial market

A financial market is a market in which people trade financial securities and derivatives such as futures and options at low transaction costs.

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Financial services

Financial services are the economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit-card companies, insurance companies, accountancy companies, consumer-finance companies, stock brokerages, investment funds, individual managers and some government-sponsored enterprises.

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First Minister and deputy First Minister

The First Minister and deputy First Minister (Chéad-Aire agus an LeasChéad-Aire Thuaisceart Éireann) are the joint heads of the Northern Ireland Executive and have overall responsibility for the running of the Executive Office.

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Francie Molloy

Francie Molloy (Proinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh; born 16 December 1950) is a Sinn Féin politician who has been the abstentionist Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster since 2013.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.

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Good Friday Agreement

The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) or Belfast Agreement (Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; Ulster-Scots: Guid Friday Greeance or Bilfawst Greeance) was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process of the 1990s.

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Green Party in Northern Ireland

The Green Party in Northern Ireland is a green party in Northern Ireland which works in co-operation with green parties across Britain and Ireland, Europe and globally.

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Ian Paisley

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, (6 April 1926 – 12 September 2014), was a loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader from Northern Ireland.

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Independent Monitoring Commission

The Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) was an organisation founded on 7 January 2004, by an agreement between the British and Irish governments, signed in Dublin on 25 November 2003.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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Independent Unionist

Independent Unionist has been a label sometimes used by candidates in elections in the United Kingdom, indicating a support for Unionism.

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International relations

International relations (IR) or international affairs (IA) — commonly also referred to as international studies (IS) or global studies (GS) — is the study of interconnectedness of politics, economics and law on a global level.

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Intertidal zone

The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore and seashore and sometimes referred to as the littoral zone, is the area that is above water at low tide and under water at high tide (in other words, the area between tide marks).

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Irish nationalism

Irish nationalism is an ideology which asserts that the Irish people are a nation.

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Jim Wells (politician)

Jim Wells (born 27 April 1957) is a Northern Ireland politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and formerly Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice

John Thomas Alderdice, Baron Alderdice (born 28 March 1955) is a Northern Ireland politician.

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John McCallister

John McCallister (born 20 February 1972) is a Northern Irish Unionist politician.

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Jonathan Bell (politician)

Jonathan Fergus Bell (born 5 March 1970) is a former politician in Northern Ireland.

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List of Irish by-elections

This is a list of all by-elections to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), since 1923.

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List of members of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly

This is a list of the 108 members of the first Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland established by the Good Friday Agreement.

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List of members of the 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly elected in November 2003 never met as such: Northern Ireland's devolved government and representative institutions had been suspended with the re-introduction of direct rule by the United Kingdom government on 14 October 2002.

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List of members of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly

This is a list of the members of the third Northern Ireland Assembly elected on 7 March 2007 or subsequently co-opted.

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List of members of the 4th Northern Ireland Assembly

The fourth Northern Ireland Assembly was the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland following the 2011 assembly election on 5 May 2011.

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List of members of the 5th Northern Ireland Assembly

This is a list of the members of the fifth Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland.

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List of members of the 6th Northern Ireland Assembly

This is a list of the 90 members of the sixth Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland.

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List of political parties in Northern Ireland

Political parties in Northern Ireland lists political parties in Northern Ireland.

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Mail

The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels.

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Marietta Farrell

Marietta Farrell (born 26 October 1951) is an Irish politician.

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Maritime transport

Maritime transport is the transport of people (passengers) or goods (cargo) by water.

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Martin McGuinness

James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician who was the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from May 2007 to January 2017.

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Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs; Comhaltaí den Tionól Reachtach, CTRs; Ulster-Scots: Laa-Makkan Forgaitherars, LMFs) are representatives elected by the voters to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Michael Ferguson (Irish politician)

Michael Ferguson (– 24 September 2006) was an Irish Republican politician from Northern Ireland.

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Michael Stone (loyalist)

Michael Stone (born 2 April 1955) is an Ulster loyalist who was a volunteer in the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).

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Mid Ulster by-election, 2013

A by-election for the UK House of Commons constituency of Mid Ulster in Northern Ireland was held on 7 March 2013.

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Military

A military or armed force is a professional organization formally authorized by a sovereign state to use lethal or deadly force and weapons to support the interests of the state.

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Mitchel McLaughlin

John Mitchel McLaughlin (born 29 October 1945) is the former General Secretary of Sinn Féin who also served as an MLA and was once the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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National Assembly for Wales

The National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru; commonly known as the Welsh Assembly) is a devolved parliament with power to make legislation in Wales.

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National Insurance

National Insurance (NI) is a tax system in the United Kingdom paid by workers and employers for funding state benefits.

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National Lottery (United Kingdom)

The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom.

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National Minimum Wage Act 1998

The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 creates a minimum wage across the United Kingdom, which from 1 April 2018 was £7.83 per hour for workers aged over 25, £7.38 per hour for workers aged 21 to 24, and £5.90 per hour for workers aged 18 to 20.

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National security

National security refers to the security of a nation state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, and is regarded as a duty of government.

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Navigation

Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.

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Next Northern Ireland Assembly election

The next Northern Irish Assembly election is due to be held on or before Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect 90 members to the Northern Irish Assembly.

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NI21

NI21 was a short-lived political party in Northern Ireland.

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North/South Ministerial Council

The North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) (An Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas, Ulster-Scots: North South Meinisterlie Council) is a body established under the Good Friday Agreement to co-ordinate activity and exercise certain governmental powers across the whole island of Ireland.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006

The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c 53) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Northern Ireland Act 1998

The Northern Ireland Act 1998 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established a devolved legislature for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Assembly, after decades of direct rule from Westminster.

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Northern Ireland Act 2006

The Northern Ireland Act 2006 (c 17) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)

The Northern Ireland Assembly was a legislative assembly set up by the Government of the United Kingdom on 3 May 1973 to restore devolved government to Northern Ireland with the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive made up of unionists and nationalists.

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Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)

The Northern Ireland Assembly established in 1982 represented an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to restore the devolution to Northern Ireland which had been suspended 10 years previously.

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Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (usually referred to as the Assembly Commission) is the corporate body of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998

The first election for the Northern Ireland Assembly was held on Thursday 25 June 1998.

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Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003

The second election for the Northern Ireland Assembly was held on Wednesday 26 November 2003, after being suspended for just over a year.

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Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007

The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007 when 108 members were elected.

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Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011

The 2011 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place on Thursday, 5 May, following the dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly at midnight on 24 March 2011.

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Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2016

The 2016 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly was held on 5 May 2016.

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Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2017

The 2017 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly was held on 2 March 2017.

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Northern Ireland Assembly Opposition

The role of official opposition in the Northern Ireland Assembly can be taken by larger political parties who do not participate in Northern Ireland's consociational power-sharing Executive.

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Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973

The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received the royal assent on 18 July 1973.

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Northern Ireland Executive

The Northern Ireland Executive is the devolved government of Northern Ireland, an administrative branch of the legislature Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Northern Ireland Office

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO; Oifig Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann Oaffis) is a UK government department responsible for Northern Ireland affairs.

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Northern Ireland Unionist Party

The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) was a small political party in Northern Ireland.

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Northern Ireland Women's Coalition

The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (NIWC) was a minor cross-community political party in Northern Ireland from 1996–2006.

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Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plant.

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Oireachtas

The Oireachtas, sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the legislature of Ireland.

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Opposition (parliamentary)

Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system.

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Order in Council

An Order in Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms.

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Outer space

Outer space, or just space, is the expanse that exists beyond the Earth and between celestial bodies.

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Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland)

Parliament Buildings, often referred to as Stormont because of its location in the Stormont Estate area of Belfast, is the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved legislature for the region.

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Parliament of Northern Ireland

The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the Home Rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended with the introduction of Direct Rule.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Pat Sheehan (Irish republican)

Pat Sheehan (born 1958) is a Sinn Féin politician in Northern Ireland, and former Provisional Irish Republican Army hunger striker at the Maze Prison.

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Paul Frew

Paul Frew (born 20 September 1974) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician in Northern Ireland.

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Paul Girvan

Paul Girvan (born 6 July 1963) is a Northern Irish politician.

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Paul Givan

Paul Jonathan Givan (born 12 October 1981) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MLA in Northern Ireland who served as the Minister for Communities in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2016 until its collapse in January 2017.

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Pól Callaghan

Pól Callaghan was an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland, representing the Social Democratic and Labour Party.

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People Before Profit

People Before Profit (PBP) is a socialist, and Eurosceptic political party formed in October 2005.

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Peter Hain

Peter Gerald Hain, Baron Hain, (born 16 February 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Neath between 1991 and 2015, and served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

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Progressive Unionist Party

The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) is a small unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.

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Raymond McCartney

Raymond McCartney (born 29 November 1954) is a Sinn Féin politician, and a former hunger striker and volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).

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Real Irish Republican Army

The Real Irish Republican Army or Real IRA (RIRA), also called the New IRA (NIRA) since 2012, is a dissident Irish republican paramilitary organisation which aims to bring about a united Ireland.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Reserved and excepted matters

In the United Kingdom reserved matters and excepted matters are the areas of government policy where the UK Parliament had kept the power (jurisdiction) to make laws (legislate) in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Robin Newton

Robin Newton (born 21 December 1945) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland.

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Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: The Scots Pairlament) is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland.

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Seabed

The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, or ocean floor) is the bottom of the ocean.

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Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, informally known as the Northern Ireland Secretary, is the principal secretary of state in Her Majesty's Government with responsibilities for Northern Ireland.

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Sectarianism

Sectarianism is a form of bigotry, discrimination, or hatred arising from attaching relations of inferiority and superiority to differences between subdivisions within a group.

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Simpson Gibson

Hugh John Simpson Gibson MBE (born 10 August 1946) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland.

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).

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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin (isbn) is a left-wing Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies

The Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, also known as the 2013 Review, 2018 Review, or just boundary changes, is the process by which constituencies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (since 1955 all being single seats) are being reviewed and redistributed.

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Social Democratic and Labour Party

The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly (originally having the title of Presiding Officer) is the presiding officer of the Northern Ireland Assembly, elected on a cross-community vote by the Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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St Andrews Agreement

The St Andrews Agreement (Comhaontú Chill Rímhinn; Ulster Scots: St Andra's 'Greement, St Andrew's Greeance or St Andrae's Greeance) was an agreement between the British and Irish governments and Northern Ireland's political parties in relation to the devolution of power in the region.

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Stormont Estate

The Stormont Estate is an estate east of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Stormontgate

Stormontgate is the name given to the controversy surrounding an alleged Provisional Irish Republican Army spy ring and intelligence-gathering operation based in Stormont, the parliament building of Northern Ireland.

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Subsoil

Subsoil is the layer of soil under the topsoil on the surface of the ground.

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Sue Ramsey

Sue Ramsey MLA (born 1970) is an Irish Republican politician.

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Suffrage

Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).

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Supermajority

A supermajority or supra-majority or a qualified majority, is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of one-half used for majority.

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Surrogacy

Surrogacy is a method or agreement whereby a woman agrees to carry a pregnancy for another person or persons, who will become the newborn child's parent(s) after birth.

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Sydney Anderson (Northern Ireland politician)

Alderman Sydney Alexander Anderson (born 23 April 1949) is a politician in Northern Ireland.

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The Crown

The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their sub-divisions (such as Crown dependencies, provinces, or states).

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) was an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century.

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Tom Hamilton (politician)

Tom Hamilton (born 8 July 1954) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

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Traditional Unionist Voice

Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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UK Independence Party

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

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UK Unionist Party

The UK Unionist Party (UKUP) was a small unionist political party in Northern Ireland from 1995 to 2008 which was opposed to the Good Friday Agreement.

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Ulster loyalism

Ulster loyalism is a political ideology found primarily among working class Ulster Protestants in Northern Ireland, whose status as a part of the United Kingdom has remained controversial.

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Ulster Scots dialects

Ulster Scots or Ulster-Scots (Ulstèr-Scotch), also known as Ullans, is the Scots language as spoken in parts of Ulster in Ireland.

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Ulster Unionist Party

The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Ulster Workers' Council strike

The Ulster Workers' Council (UWC) strike was a general strike that took place in Northern Ireland between 15 May and 28 May 1974, during "the Troubles".

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Unicameralism

In government, unicameralism (Latin uni, one + camera, chamber) is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber.

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Unionism in Ireland

Unionism in Ireland is a political ideology that favours the continuation of some form of political union between the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.

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Unit of measurement

A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity.

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United Unionist Coalition

The United Unionist Coalition (UUC), formerly known as the United Unionist Assembly Party, was a minor unionist political formation in Northern Ireland.

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Victoria (District Electoral Area)

Victoria was one of the nine district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 1985 to 2014, when it was mostly replaced by the Ormiston district.

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William Humphrey (Northern Ireland politician)

William Humphrey (born 17 October 1967) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland.

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Willie Hay, Baron Hay of Ballyore

William Hay, Baron Hay of Ballyore (called Willie; born 16 April 1950, Milford, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland) is a Northern Irish politician, and Irish citizen.

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Xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation (xenos- from the Greek meaning "foreign"), is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly

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