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Northern Ireland Office

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The Northern Ireland Office (NIO; Oifig Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann Oaffis) is a UK government department responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. [1]

62 relations: Advocate General for Northern Ireland, Anglo-Irish Agreement, Attorney General for England and Wales, British Army, British government departments, British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference, Criminal justice, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ireland), Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Department of Justice (Northern Ireland), Department of Justice and Equality, Department of the Taoiseach, Devolution, Direct rule (Northern Ireland), Director general, Dublin Castle administration, Dublin City University, Election law, Equality before the law, Executive of the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly, Foras na Gaeilge, Good Friday Agreement, Government of Ireland, Government of the United Kingdom, Governor of Northern Ireland, Home Office, Home Secretary, Ian Duncan, Baron Duncan of Springbank, James Callaghan, Jeremy Wright, Julian King (diplomat), Karen Bradley, Minister of Home Affairs (Northern Ireland), National security, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972, Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee, Northern Ireland Assembly, Northern Ireland Assembly (1982), Northern Ireland Civil Service, Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, Northern Ireland Executive, Northern Ireland peace process, Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, Office of the Secretary of State for Wales, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Partition of Ireland, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Scotland, Scottish Office, ..., Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Shailesh Vara, St Andrews Agreement, Stormont House, Sunningdale Agreement, Taoiseach, The Troubles, Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Workers' Council strike, Victoria (District Electoral Area), Wales, Welsh Office. Expand index (12 more) »

Advocate General for Northern Ireland

The Advocate General for Northern Ireland is the chief legal adviser to the British Government on Northern Ireland law and the post is held by the Attorney General for England and Wales by virtue of that office.

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Anglo-Irish Agreement

The Anglo-Irish Agreement was a 1985 treaty between the United Kingdom and Ireland which aimed to help bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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Attorney General for England and Wales

Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British government departments

The Government of the United Kingdom exercises its executive authority through a number of government departments or departments of state.

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British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference

The British–Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) was established under an Agreement between the Governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom made on 8 March 1998.

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Criminal justice

Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have committed crimes.

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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ireland)

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFA/DFAT) (An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála) is a department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for promoting the interests of Ireland in the European Union and the wider world.

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Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (An Roinn Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil) is a department of the Government of Ireland.

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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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Department of Justice and Equality

The Department of Justice and Equality (An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt agus Comhionannais) is a department of the Government of Ireland.

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Department of the Taoiseach

The Department of the Taoiseach (Roinn an Taoisigh) is the government department of the Taoiseach Article 13.1.1° and Article 28.5.1° of the Constitution of Ireland.

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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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Direct rule (Northern Ireland)

Direct rule is the term given to the administration of Northern Ireland directly by the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Director general

A director general or director-general (plural: directors generals, sometimes director generals) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution.

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Dublin Castle administration

Dublin Castle was the centre of the government of Ireland under English and later British rule.

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Dublin City University

Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) (Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university in the Republic of Ireland based in Northside, Dublin.

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Election law

Election law is a discipline falling at the juncture of constitutional law and political science.

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Equality before the law

Equality before the law, also known as: equality under the law, equality in the eyes of the law, or legal equality, is the principle that each independent being must be treated equally by the law (principle of isonomy) and that all are subject to the same laws of justice (due process).

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Executive of the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly

A power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive was formed following the Northern Ireland Assembly elections of 1973.

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Foras na Gaeilge

Foras na Gaeilge ("Irish Institute"; often abbreviated to FnaG) is a public body responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout the island of Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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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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Government of Ireland

The Government of Ireland (Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in the Republic of Ireland.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom, formally referred to as Her Majesty's Government, is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Governor of Northern Ireland

The Governor of Northern Ireland was the principal officer and representative in Northern Ireland of the British monarch.

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Home Office

The Home Office (HO) is a ministerial department of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for immigration, security and law and order.

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Home Secretary

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, normally referred to as the Home Secretary, is a senior official as one of the Great Offices of State within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Home Office.

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Ian Duncan, Baron Duncan of Springbank

Ian James Duncan, Baron Duncan of Springbank (born 1973) is a Conservative politician, currently serving as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in both the Scotland Office and the Northern Ireland Office.

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James Callaghan

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), often known as Jim Callaghan, served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980.

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Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Paul Wright (born 24 October 1972) is an English Conservative Party politician and lawyer, who serves as Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland.

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Julian King (diplomat)

Sir Julian Beresford King (born 22 August 1964) is a British diplomat and civil servant who served as Ambassador to Ireland and France and Director General of the Northern Ireland Office.

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Karen Bradley

Karen Anne Bradley (née Howarth, born 12 March 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician and former management consultant.

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Minister of Home Affairs (Northern Ireland)

The Minister of Home Affairs was a member of the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland (Cabinet) in the Parliament of Northern Ireland which governed Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972.

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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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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 (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972

The Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 (c. 22) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that introduced direct rule in Northern Ireland with effect from 30 March 1972.

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Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee

The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee (or simply the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Northern Ireland Assembly

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

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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 Civil Service

The Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS; Státseirbhís Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann Cïvil Sarvice) is the permanent bureaucracy of employees that supports the Northern Ireland Executive, the devolved government of Northern Ireland.

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Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention

The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (NICC) was an elected body set up in 1975 by the United Kingdom Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland.

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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 peace process

The Northern Ireland peace process is often considered to cover the events leading up to the 1994 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of the Troubles, the Good Friday (or Belfast) Agreement of 1998, and subsequent political developments.

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Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, often referred to as the Scotland Office (Scottish Gaelic: An Oifis Albannach), is a UK government department headed by the Secretary of State for Scotland and responsible for Scottish affairs.

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Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales, (Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru), informally known as the Wales Office, (Swyddfa Cymru), is a United Kingdom government department.

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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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Partition of Ireland

The partition of Ireland (críochdheighilt na hÉireann) was the division of the island of Ireland into two distinct jurisdictions, Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

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Prime Minister of Northern Ireland

The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the head of the Government of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Office

The Scottish Office was a department of the United Kingdom Government from 1885 until 1999, exercising a wide range of government functions in relation to Scotland under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland.

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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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Shailesh Vara

Shailesh Lakhman Vara (born 4 September 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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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 House

Stormont House (also called Speaker's House) is the headquarters of the Northern Ireland Office, situated in the Stormont Estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Sunningdale Agreement

The Sunningdale Agreement was an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.

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Taoiseach

The Taoiseach (pl. Taoisigh) is the prime minister, chief executive and head of government of Ireland.

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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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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 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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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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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh Office

The Welsh Office (Swyddfa Gymreig) was a department in the Government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Wales.

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Compensation Agency, Minister of State for Northern Ireland.

References

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

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