Image NIEA.gif right The NorthernIreland Environment Agency is a NorthernIreland Executive Conservation ethic conservation agency within the Department of the Environment NorthernIreland Department of the Environment . Unlike the equivalent bodies in England, Scotland and Wales, it aims to promote and conserve both the natural environment and the built environment and to promote their appreciation by present and future generations. NorthernIreland has 9 Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty areas of outstanding natural beauty , 47 National Nature Reserve national nature reserves , 43 Special Area of Conservation special areas of conservation , and 10 Special Protection Area special protection areas . There are 181 Scheduled Monument scheduled monuments in state care in NorthernIreland, and around 1700 scheduled monuments in total. Prior to 1 July 2008, the agency was called the Environment and Heritage Service . Equivalent bodies in other parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland Environment Agency Scottish Environment Protection Agency SEPA Natural England and English Heritage Scottish ... Service See also List of Government departments and agencies in NorthernIreland List of Conservation topics Conservation in the United Kingdom Castles in NorthernIreland Abbeys and priories in NorthernIreland List of museums in NorthernIreland Historic houses in NorthernIreland NetRegs External links http www.ni environment.gov.uk Official website doeni Category Archaeology of NorthernIreland Category NorthernIreland coast and countryside Category NorthernIreland Executive Category Organisations based in NorthernIreland Category Archaeological organisations Category Heritage organizations Category History organizations Category Buildings and structures in NorthernIreland Category Conservation in NorthernIreland Category Environment of NorthernIreland Category Environmental organisations ... Category Regulators of NorthernIreland Category Environmental protection agencies nl Environment and Heritage ... more details
Politics of NorthernIreland Elections in NorthernIreland are held on a regular basis to the Northern ... elections are also held in NorthernIreland to local government in NorthernIreland local councils . The NorthernIreland Assembly has 108 members, elected in 18 six member constituency constituencies by the single transferable vote STV method. NorthernIreland is represented at Westminster by List of parliamentary constituencies in NorthernIreland 18 single member constituencies elected by the first past the post method, and at the European Parliament by a NorthernIreland European Parliament constituency single constituency returning 3 MEPs by the STV method. NorthernIreland wide elections Elections to the European Parliament NorthernIreland European Parliament constituency Elections to the British ... BBC Election 2010 NorthernIreland ref Election Summary Party with Candidates party Democratic Unionist ... party Alliance Party of NorthernIreland candidates seats 1 gain 1 loss 0 net 1 votes 42,762 ... by election, 2000 North Down by election, 1995 Upper Bann by election, 1990 NorthernIreland by elections ... by election, 1921 West Down by election, 1921 Elections to the NorthernIreland House of Commons NorthernIreland general election, 1921 NorthernIreland general election, 1925 NorthernIreland general election, 1929 NorthernIreland general election, 1933 NorthernIreland general election, 1938 NorthernIreland general election, 1945 NorthernIreland general election, 1949 NorthernIreland general election, 1953 NorthernIreland general election, 1958 NorthernIreland general election, 1962 NorthernIreland general election, 1965 NorthernIreland general election, 1969 By elections List of NorthernIreland Parliament by elections Ad hoc elections NorthernIreland assembly elections, 1973 NorthernIreland Constitutional Convention elections, 1975 NorthernIreland assembly elections, 1982 NorthernIreland Forum elections, 1996 Elections to the NorthernIreland Assembly NorthernIreland ... more details
The NorthernIreland Law Commission is a Law Commission in NorthernIreland created under section 50 of the Justice NorthernIreland Act 2002 , implementing recommendations following the Good Friday Agreement . ref cite web title About Us url http www.nilawcommission.gov.uk about us.htm work Website of the NorthernIreland Law Commission publisher NorthernIreland Law Commission accessdate 9 July 2011 ref It replaced the existing non statutory Law Reform Advisory Committee . The NorthernIreland Law Commission keeps the Northern Irish law law of NorthernIreland under review, with a view to law reform . It has five members, a part time chairman and four full time commissioners, appointed by the Secretary of State for NorthernIreland . The chairman is a judge of the High Court of NorthernIreland , who retains judicial office while acting as chairman. The other commissioners include a barrister , a solicitor , a legal academic, and a layperson. References reflist External links official website http www.nilawcommission.gov.uk index.htm http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2002 20026 d.htm 50 Section 50 of the Justice NorthernIreland Act 2002 Category Law in NorthernIreland Category Organisations based in NorthernIreland NorthernIreland stub ... more details
Politics of NorthernIreland The Government of NorthernIreland is, generally speaking, whatever political body exercises political authority over NorthernIreland . A number of separate systems of government exist or have existed in NorthernIreland. NorthernIreland was created as a separate legal entity on 3 May 1921, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 . ref Statutory Rules & Orders published by authority, 1921 No. 533 Additional source for 3 May 1921 date Alvin Jackson, Home Rule An Irish History , Oxford University Press, 2004, p198. ref The new autonomous NorthernIreland was formed from six of the nine counties of Ulster , being four counties with unionist majorities, and Fermanagh and Tyrone two ref name ark http www.ark.ac.uk elections h1918.htm The Irish Election of 1918 ref of the five Ulster counties which had nationalist majorities. In large part unionists, at least in the north east region, supported its creation while Irish nationalism nationalists were opposed. Subsequently, on 6 December 1922, the island of Ireland became an independent dominion known as the Irish Free State but NorthernIreland immediately exercised its right to opt out of the new Dominion. The first government of NorthernIreland was the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of NorthernIreland , which exercised such authority from 1922 to 1972. A NorthernIreland Executive 1974 NorthernIreland Executive was created following the signing of the Sunningdale Agreement in 1974, while the current NorthernIreland Executive under the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, was created in the Belfast Good Friday Agreement, and has intermittently been in existence from 1998 to the present. NorthernIreland has also been governed by ministers under the Secretary of State for NorthernIreland during periods of Direct Rule . References reflist Category Government of NorthernIreland Category History of NorthernIrelandIreland stub ... more details
Infobox Website name Craft NI favicon File Craft NorthernIreland Logo.jpg logo Image Craft NorthernIreland Logo.jpg screenshot caption url http www.craftni.org type Cultural political owner author Collaborative launch date 2004 current status active revenue Craft NorthernIreland is the regional development agency for craft in NorthernIreland . In 2000, the Arts Council of NorthernIreland took formal steps to establish an organisation to help shape and define the craft sector in NorthernIreland . ref Arts Council of NorthernIreland 2000 , Review of the Crafts Sector in NorthernIreland A Consultation Document. ref Craft NI was set up in 2004 and is located in Cotton Court, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast . Craft NI produces information and publicity about the craft sector. It represents NorthernIreland on national and international bodies including the UK National Advisory Panel for Craft, World Crafts Council , NI Employers Panel for Creative and Cultural Sector Skills Council. It develops partnerships with other agencies for strategic investment in the sector including the Arts Council of NorthernIreland and Invest NI. In 2007, Craft NI hosted its first exhibition of contemporary craft from NorthernIreland. The work represented gave the first multi disciplinary overview of craft in the region in the period from the 1980s to the first few years after 2000. ref McBrinn, J. 2007 , Making changes contemporary craft in NorthernIreland . ref In May 2007, the exhibition travelled to the S Dillon Ripley Centre, Smithsonian Institution as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure s Rediscover NorthernIreland programme. August Craft Month is NorthernIreland s annual celebration of craft a coordinated programme of events and activities that showcase the work of craft makers in NorthernIreland and from across the UK, Ireland and Europe ... Arts in NorthernIreland Category Culture of NorthernIreland Category Culture in Belfast ... more details
Politics of NorthernIreland 1921 72 The NorthernIreland House of Commons existed from 1921 to 1973 as the lower House of the devolved legislature of the part of the United Kingdom called NorthernIreland ... to the UK Parliament, between 1922 and 1950, were used for NorthernIreland devolved elections in the 1921 ... of NorthernIreland was suspended in 1972 and abolished in 1973. border 1 cellpadding 4 cellspacing ... Constituency Type Notes 1921 1929 Antrim NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Antrim county 7 MPs 1929 1973 Antrim Borough NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Antrim Borough county 1929 1973 Bann Side NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Bann Side county 1929 1973 Carrick NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Carrick county 1969 1973 Larkfield NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Larkfield county 1929 1973 Larne NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Larne county 1929 1973 Mid Antrim NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Mid Antrim county 1969 1973 Newtownabbey NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Newtownabbey county 1929 1973 North Antrim NorthernIreland Parliament constituency North Antrim county 1929 1973 South Antrim NorthernIreland Parliament constituency South Antrim county 1921 1929 Armagh NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Armagh county 4 MPs 1929 1973 Central Armagh NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Central Armagh county 1929 1973 Mid Armagh NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Mid Armagh county 1929 1973 North Armagh NorthernIreland Parliament constituency North Armagh county 1929 1973 South Armagh NorthernIreland Parliament constituency South Armagh county 1929 1973 Belfast Ballynafeigh NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Belfast Ballynafeigh borough 1929 1973 Belfast Bloomfield NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Belfast Bloomfield borough 1929 1973 Belfast Central NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Belfast Central borough 1929 1973 Belfast Clifton NorthernIreland Parliament constituency Belfast ... more details
Gardens in NorthernIreland is a link page for any garden open to the public in NorthernIreland . List of gardens in NorthernIreland Belfast Botanic Gardens Clandeboye Estate , Bangor, County Down Bangor , County Down Drenagh , Limavady , County Londonderry Mount Stewart , Newtownards , County Down Rowallane Garden , Saintfield , County Down See also Register of Parks, Gardens and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest Historic houses in NorthernIreland List of gardens Gardens in England Gardens in Wales Gardens in Scotland Gardens in the Republic of Ireland Category Gardens in NorthernIreland Category NorthernIreland related lists Gardens ar ... more details
Allen McClay , businessman and philanthropist b. 1932 in NorthernIreland1932 References reflist ... decommissioned work BBC NI News url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland foyle and west 8442683.stm accessdate 6 February 2010 date 6 January 2010 ref 8 January Police Service of NorthernIreland ... Heffron s leg amputated work BBC NI News url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland 8457169.stm ... news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland 8457169.stm archivedate 16 January 2010 DASHBot deadurl no ref ... 1 hi northernireland 8450854.stm accessdate 25 January 2010 date 11 January 2010 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20100114095307 http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland 8450854.stm archivedate ... Unionist Party DUP about the devolution of policing and justice powers to the NorthernIreland administration come to an end. ref cite news title NorthernIreland policing devolution talks end work BBC NI News url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland 8467974.stm accessdate 25 January 2010 date ... talks are over work BBC NI News url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland 8475329.stm accessdate ... 1 hi northernireland 8475329.stm archivedate 26 January 2010 DASHBot deadurl no ref 25 January ... progress in NI talks work BBC NI News date 25 January 2010 url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland ... news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland 8479889.stm archivedate 28 January 2010 DASHBot deadurl no ref ... begin. ref cite news title All party NorthernIreland crisis talks begin work BBC NI News date 26 January 2010 url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland 8481568.stm accessdate 26 January 2010 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20100129204051 http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland 8481568.stm ... 48 hours to salvage NorthernIreland power sharing work The Guardian 27 January 2010 url http www.guardian.co.uk politics 2010 jan 27 northernireland power sharing deadline accessdate 27 January ... 1 hi northernireland 8489806.stm accessdate 31 January 2010 date 31 January 2010 archiveurl http ... more details
Northern Railway of Ireland was an Irish gauge RailGauge 63 railway company in Ireland . It was formed by a merger of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway D&D with the Dublin and the Belfast Junction Railway D&BJct in 1875. In 1876 it merged with the Irish North Western Railway INW and Ulster Railway to form the Great Northern Railway Ireland . rail stub Category Railway companies established in 1875 Category Railway companies disestablished in 1876 Category Irish gauge railways Category Great Northern Railway Ireland Category Defunct railway companies of Ireland ... more details
refimprove date April 2008 Politics of NorthernIreland 1921 72 Image Stormont Parliamentary Building 01.JPG thumb 300px NorthernIreland Parliament Buildings NorthernIreland Parliament Buildings The House of Commons of NorthernIreland was the lower house of the Parliament of NorthernIreland created ... the Senate of NorthernIreland Senate . It was abolished with the passing of the NorthernIreland Constitution ... Minister of NorthernIreland was chosen from its ranks by the Governor of NorthernIreland . Electoral ... State . Under the Act the Parliament of NorthernIreland was given the legislative power to alter ... of NorthernIreland had been opposed both by many Unionists and all Nationalists, all of whom ... within NorthernIreland became reconciled to their form of home rule , Nationalists remained alienated ... Party NorthernIreland Nationalist Party , the main Nationalist party in NorthernIreland, which ... by the Governor of NorthernIreland . The Governor was the Crown s representative who formally summoned ... between Irish people and for NorthernIreland to be free of discrimination against the minority ... to the City Hall, while new Parliament Buildings NorthernIreland Parliament Buildings was built ... of NorthernIreland in the late 1920s. However, the Wall Street Crash undermined the financial ... 1949 1970 1972 Party name with colour Ulster Unionist Party The Parliament of NorthernIreland , including the House of Commons of NorthernIreland, was legislative session Procedure in Commonwealth ... defunct. The end NIPMs NorthernIreland was dogged by allegations of Unionist misrule, and political ... for civil rights, voiced primarily by the NorthernIreland Civil Rights Association , allegations ... suspended the NorthernIreland Parliament and Government initially for a year, before in 1973 abolishing it entirely with the passing of the NorthernIreland Constitution Act 1973 . The Parliament ...&pageno 1550 Parliament Buildings are now the seat of the NorthernIreland Assembly , a successor legislature ... more details
ref improve date December 2011 The media in NorthernIreland closely linked to that in the rest of the United Kingdom , it also overlaps with print, television and radio in the Ireland state Republic of Ireland . Broadcasting in NorthernIreland is a Reserved matters reserved matter and as such it is the responsibility ... including the Arts Council of NorthernIreland and NorthernIreland Screen . Film NorthernIreland Screen is the national screen agency purposed with promoting the development of a sustainable ... Green Beans Media represents a number of smaller independent publishers with NorthernIreland audiences. Print Category Category Newspapers published in NorthernIreland Newspapers published in NorthernIreland The main newspapers published in NorthernIreland are The Irish News , which leans ... evening newspaper in NorthernIreland. Magazines include Fortnight Magazine Fortnight a monthly ... Ireland Radio stations in NorthernIreland The first radio station to broadcast in NorthernIreland ... based stations throughout NorthernIreland. Television Category Category Northern Irish television Northern Irish Television The BBC began broadcasting television programmes in NorthernIreland ... Television now known as UTV began broadcasting as part of the ITV ITV Network . Today BBC NorthernIreland operate two television channels with local content, BBC One NorthernIreland BBC One and BBC Two NorthernIreland BBC Two . The UTV Group still operate the same ITV Ulster licence. Channel 4 has broadcast to NorthernIreland since 1982 but apart from advertisements does not broadcast Northern ... in NorthernIreland. To date the Ofcom has licence two local television channels. The first, C9TV ... Media in the Republic of Ireland External links Dmoz Regional Europe United Kingdom NorthernIreland News and Media NorthernIreland News and Media http greenbeansmedia.com Green Beans Media http hooleymedia.com ... Of NorthernIreland Category Media in NorthernIreland Category Irish media ... more details
The NorthernIreland Tourist Board lang ga Bord Turas ireachta Thuaisceart ireann ref http www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org web 2006 irish report.pdf 2006 annual report in Irish NSMC. ref Ulster Scots dialects Ulster Scots Norlin Airlann Reengin Boord ref http www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org web 2006 ulster scots report.pdf 2006 annual report in Ulster Scots NSMC. ref is a non departmental public body of the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment . Its primary objective is to promote NorthernIreland as a tourist destination. It provides a service to the public for information on tourist destinations within NorthernIreland, public transport, accommodation and the various tourist attractions throughout NorthernIreland. The board operates in close cooperation with equivalent agencies in the rest of the United Kingdom and F ilte Ireland in the Republic of Ireland . See also List of Government departments and agencies in NorthernIreland F ilte Ireland VisitBritain References Reflist External links http www.nitb.com NorthernIreland Tourist Board http www.discovernorthernireland.com info about.aspx The NITB s Discover NorthernIreland website European National Tourist Boards Category Non Departmental Public Bodies of the NorthernIreland Executive Category Tourism in NorthernIreland Category Tourism agencies NorthernIreland stub UK org stub ... more details
nofootnotes date April 2008 The NorthernIreland Ombudsman combines two public offices, the Assembly Ombudsman for NorthernIreland and the NorthernIreland Commissioner for Complaints . The Office of the NorthernIreland Ombudsman was established in 1969, but its current governing statutes are the Ombudsman NorthernIreland Order 1996 and the Commissioner for Complaints NorthernIreland Order 1996. His role is to deal with complaints of maladministration by government and public bodies in NorthernIreland . Unlike the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales , he has no role in investigating individual ethical conduct by councillors. The Ombudsman is appointed by the Queen. The current Ombudsman ... NorthernIreland Ombudsman ref While many ombudsman offices also function as the national human rights institution , in NorthernIreland that is the role of the NorthernIreland Human Rights Commission ... As Assembly Ombudsman the Ombudsman may investigate ref Ombudsman NorthernIreland Order 1996 and Commissioner for Complaints NorthernIreland Order 1996 ref Executive Committee of the Privy Council of NorthernIrelandNorthernIreland Government Departments Government agencies and other government ... may investigate Local government in NorthernIreland Local councils Education and library ... Special Health and Social Services Agencies NorthernIreland Housing Executive The Housing ... By the Commissioner for Complaints Amendment NorthernIreland Order 1997, his functions include ... for Children and Young People, NorthernIreland References Reflist External links http www.ni ombudsman.org.uk NorthernIreland Ombudsman Official website http www.standardsboard.gov.uk Standards Board ... Category Ombudsmen in NorthernIreland Category Local government in NorthernIreland Category Organisations based in NorthernIreland Category Ombudsmen in the United Kingdom Category 1969 establishments in NorthernIreland ... more details
Image Nib logo.png frame right NorthernIreland Bureau logo The NorthernIreland Bureau NI Bureau is part of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister , and the senior staff are NorthernIreland Civil Service Civil Servants from NorthernIreland . It works to develop and deepen mutually ... States and NorthernIreland. It can investigate issues, explore areas of collaboration and partnerships ..., outlined the NI Bureau s primary goal Our primary goal is to promote NorthernIreland to the United ... in the United States have supported developments in NorthernIreland over the years and there is a very positive response to NorthernIreland. It is important to recognise that this relationship has changed ... officer OFMDFM ref Responsibilities The role of the Bureau is to develop a positive profile of NorthernIreland among US policy makers and opinion formers by ensuring that the policies of the NorthernIreland Administration and its associated institutions are known and understood monitor policy developments in the US, ensuring that NorthernIreland List of government departments, their agencies and their ministers in NorthernIreland Ministers and List of government departments, their agencies and their ministers in NorthernIreland Departments have up to date information, and are aware ... of NorthernIreland in the US NorthernIreland, with 1.7 million citizens, is a relatively small ... informally with people from NorthernIreland and discuss the realities of life there. The office ... understanding of US issues The office provides a resource for NorthernIreland officials wishing ... with Departments, are regularly monitored and relevant Ministers and officials in NorthernIreland ... The office has been specifically designed to provide full facilities for NorthernIreland ... Minister NorthernIreland Executive First Minister and deputy First Minister Office of the NorthernIreland Executive in Brussels External links http www.nibureau.com NI Bureau OFMDFM Category Northern ... more details
File Steam at Lisburn geograph.org.uk 1085909.jpg thumb right Great Northern Railway service at Lisburn The Great Northern Railway Ireland GNR I or GNRI was an Irish gauge RailGauge 1600 railway company in Ireland. The Great Northern was formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway INW , Northern Railway of Ireland , and Ulster Railway . The Ulster Railway was the GNRI s oldest constituent ... in 1863. The Northern Railway of Ireland was itself formed by a merger of the Dublin and Drogheda ... by the governments of the Republic of Ireland and NorthernIreland . The two governments ran ... between the two states. All lines in NorthernIreland were transferred to the Ulster Transport Authority ... of many different designs all in small numbers. The NorthernIreland Government rapidly closed all GNRI lines in NorthernIreland except the Belfast Dundalk and Portadown Derry main lines and the Newry ... of Ireland government tried briefly to maintain services on lines closed at the border by the Northern ... Society of Ireland at Whitehead, NorthernIreland Whitehead owns three of its 4 4 0 s one each ... excursion trains on NorthernIreland Railways and Iarnr d ireann successor to CIE routes ... Northern Railway Ireland in Colour year 2005 series Colourpoint Transport location Gortrush publisher ... isbn 0 9517175 0 2 cite book last Murray first Kevin title The Great Northern Railway Ireland Past ... first Edward M. title The Great Northern Railway Ireland year 2003 origyear 1962 location Lingfield ... origyear 1962 series Oakwood Library of Railway History title Great Northern Railway of Ireland location ... External links Commons category Great Northern Railway Ireland http www.belturbet station.com h ... Railway Record Society Irish Railways 1946 1996 Great Northern Railway Ireland http www.rpsi online.org ... missing Category Great Northern Railway Ireland Category Closed railways in NorthernIreland Category ... Derry and Belfast to compete with the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway , and both this and the Dundalk ... more details
Politics of NorthernIreland 1921 72 The Senate of NorthernIreland was the upper house of the Parliament of NorthernIreland created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 . It was abolished with the passing of the NorthernIreland Constitution Act 1973 . Powers In practice the Senate of NorthernIreland ... thumb left The Senate chamber From 1932, when the building was completed, until 1972, the Senate of NorthernIreland met in the Senate Chamber of Parliament Buildings in Stormont, Belfast Stormont ... by the House of Commons of NorthernIreland elected using the Single Transferable Vote STV , elected ... Ulster Unionists. class wikitable sortable Election Ulster Unionist Party Unionist NorthernIreland Labour Party Labour Nationalist Party Ireland Nationalist Independent Unionist Ind. Unionist Independent ... hnisen.htm title Members of the NorthernIreland Senate, 1921 72 publisher Ark.ac.uk date accessdate ... Procedure in Commonwealth realms prorogue d by the NorthernIreland Temporary Provisions Act 1972 , and abolished completely by the NorthernIreland Constitution Act 1973 . The old Senate chamber is now used as a committee room of the NorthernIreland Assembly . See also List of members of the Senate of NorthernIreland References reflist External links http www.ark.ac.uk elections hnisen.htm ARK paper on Senate elections and membership Upper Houses of Irish Parliaments Category Parliament of NorthernIreland Category Senate of NorthernIreland Category Defunct upper houses Category 1921 establishments in NorthernIreland Category 1973 disestablishments ... ref At the subsequent election, voting papers from the Nationalist MPs and George Henderson NorthernIreland politician George Henderson were deemed to have been submitted late, and were not considered ... of the Unionist Ireland Unionist Lords Mayor, of Londonderry Corporation and Belfast ... to be even more heavily unionist than the lower house. However a Nationalism Ireland Nationalist ... more details
coord 54.603 5.928 display title region GB scale 10000 The NorthernIreland War Memorial also called NI War Memorial ref name NorthernIreland War Memorial http www.niwarmemorial.org NorthernIreland War Memorial ref ref name bbc http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northernireland 8000591.stm BBC News ref and War Memorial ref name NorthernIreland War Memorial was opened in 2007 in Talbot Street, Belfast , NorthernIreland . It replaced an earlier building called Memorial House which was located in Waring Street on a site which was bombed during the Belfast Blitz Blitz in 1941. It contains the Home Front Exhibition and the first national memorial to the hundreds killed in the Belfast blitz. ref name bbc ref name NorthernIreland War Memorial Aim The aim and purpose of the War Memorial is to be an enduring memorial to those who fell in World War I and World War II . ref name NorthernIreland War Memorial provide offices for the Royal British Legion and other ex service charities. ref name NorthernIreland War Memorial commemorate the association of the USA Armed Forces with NorthernIreland in World War II. ref name NorthernIreland War Memorial References reflist See also Somme Heritage Centre The Cenotaph, Belfast External links http www.niwarmemorial.org NorthernIreland War Memorial Museums and galleries in NorthernIreland Category Military history of NorthernIreland Category World War I museums in the United Kingdom Category Museums established in 2007 Category World War II museums in the United Kingdom Category Museums in Belfast Category Military museums in NorthernIreland UK museum stub ... more details
Image StormontHouse.JPG thumb Dundonald House by night The NorthernIreland Prison Service is an executive agency of the Department of Justice NorthernIreland Department of Justice , the headquarters of which are in Dundonald House in the Stormont Estate in Belfast . ref http www.niprisonservice.gov.uk index.cfm area information page Prisonserviceheadquarters Prison Service Headquarters . NorthernIreland Prison Service. Retrieved on 30 May 2010. ref It was established as an agency on 1 April 1995 ... for providing prison services in NorthernIreland . Its main statutory duties are set out in the Prison Act NorthernIreland 1953 and rules made under the Act. The Prison Service is a major ... the system s overall aims and objectives. As the responsible Minister, Minister of Justice NorthernIreland Minister of Justice accounts to NorthernIreland Assembly for the Prison Service and shares ... of Justice NorthernIrelandNorthernIreland Department Of Justice Attorney General for NorthernIreland Advocate General for NorthernIrelandNorthernIreland Executive NorthernIreland Assembly Portal United Kingdom Ireland Her Majesty s Prison Service Scottish Prison Service Her Majesty s Inspectorate ... date January 2012 Category Government of NorthernIreland Category Society of NorthernIreland Category NorthernIreland Executive Category Prison and correctional agencies Category Organisations based in NorthernIreland Category 1995 establishments in NorthernIreland ca Servei de Presons d Irlanda del Nord fr NorthernIreland Prison Service ... General . The Prison Service is headed by the Director General. As of August 2009, the NorthernIreland Prison Service employed 1,893 staff. ref http www.ome.uk.com Document Default.aspx?DocumentUid ... Young offender OASys Prisons in Ireland Refers to prisons in the Republic of Ireland I should probably ... Act NI http www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.org Northern 20Ireland 20Prison 20Service.htm On line ... more details
Politics of NorthernIreland 1972 98 The NorthernIreland Assembly was a Legislature legislative assembly set up by the Her Majesty s Government Government of the United Kingdom on 3 May 1973 to restore Devolution devolved government to NorthernIreland with the power sharing NorthernIreland Executive 1974 NorthernIreland Executive made up of Unionism in Ireland unionists and Irish nationalism nationalists . NorthernIreland Assembly election, 1973 Elections were held on 28 June 1973. The NorthernIreland Constitution Act 1973 , which received the Royal Assent on 18 July 1973, abolished the suspended Parliament of NorthernIreland and the post of Governor of NorthernIreland Governor and made provision for a devolved administration consisting of an Executive government Executive chosen by the Assembly. The Assembly met for the first time on 31 July 1973. Following the Sunningdale Agreement , a NorthernIreland Executive 1974 power sharing Executive was established from 1 January 1974. After opposition from within the Ulster Unionist Party UUP and the Ulster Workers Council strike , the Executive and Assembly collapsed on 28 May 1974 when Brian Faulkner resigned as Chief Executive. Members of the NorthernIreland Executive 1974 main NorthernIreland Executive 1974 Chief Executive Brian Faulkner UUP Deputy Chief Executive Gerry Fitt SDLP Minister of Finance Herbert Kirk UUP Minister ... Provisions Measure NorthernIreland 1974 http www.legislation.gov.uk mnia 1974 4 contents National Insurance Measure NorthernIreland 1974 See also NorthernIreland Executive 1974 Members of the NorthernIreland Assembly elected in 1973 NorthernIreland Assembly election, 1973 Category Government of NorthernIreland Category The Troubles NorthernIreland Category 1973 establishments Category 1973 in NorthernIreland Category 1974 disestablishments Category 1974 in NorthernIreland legislature stub Ireland hist stub ... more details
File Writers Square, Belfast, July 2010 04 .JPG thumb right 180px Police Ombudsman s Office, Belfast, July 2010 The Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland OPONI is a non departmental public body intended to provide an independent, impartial police complaints system for the people and police under the Police Northern Ireland Acts of 1998 and 2000. Personnel The first Ombudsman was Nuala O Loan , who stood down in 2007, was appointed a Dame title Dame by Queen Elizabeth II ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northern ireland 7163301.stm O Loan made dame in honours list BBC News, 29 December 2007 ref and was subsequently appointed to the House of Lords . Former Police Oversight Commissioner, Al Hutchinson , was appointed as her replacement and took up the office on 6 November 2007. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi northern ireland 6239612.stm Hain appoints new PSNI ombudsman BBC News, 26 June 2007 ref See also Police Service of Northern Ireland List of Government departments and agencies in Northern Ireland References reflist External links http www.policeombudsman.org Police Ombudsman Category Government of Northern Ireland Category Society of Northern Ireland Category Law enforcement in Northern Ireland Category Organisations based in Northern Ireland Category Ombudsmen in Northern Ireland Category Ombudsmen in the United Kingdom Category Northern Ireland Office Category Non departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government Category Northern Ireland peace process NorthernIreland stub fr Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland no Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name Electoral Office for br NorthernIreland nativename nativename a nativename r logo logo width logo caption seal seal width seal caption formed date1 date1 name date2 date2 name preceding1 preceding2 dissolved superseding jurisdiction NorthernIreland headquarters St Anne s House, 15 Church Street, Belfast BT1 1ER employees 56 budget chief1 name Graham Shields chief1 position Chief Electoral Officer for NorthernIreland Chief Electoral Officer chief2 name chief2 position parent agency child1 agency child2 agency website http www.eoni.org.uk footnotes The Electoral Office for NorthernIreland is an independent, non partisan body which assists the Chief Electoral Officer for NorthernIreland in running elections and compiling the electoral register. See also Elections in NorthernIreland Category Elections in NorthernIreland NorthernIreland election stub ... more details
A List of A road disambiguation A road s in NorthernIreland . inc transport date August 2008 class wikitable ... road NorthernIreland A1 Belfast Dublin Via Lisburn and Newry . Becoming the M1 motorway Republic ... Dundalk . A2 road NorthernIreland A2 Derry Newry Northern Irish coastal road. Including routes ... A3 road NorthernIreland A3 Lisburn Cavan Becomes the N12 road Ireland N12 at Middletown, County ... . A4 road NorthernIreland A4 Portadown Sligo Via Enniskillen . Becomes the N16 road Ireland N16 at the border village of Belcoo . A5 road NorthernIreland A5 Derry Dublin Via Omagh and Strabane . Becomes the N2 road Ireland N2 after the Aughnacloy, County Tyrone Aughnacloy at the border. A6 road NorthernIreland A6 Derry Belfast A7 road NorthernIreland A7 Belfast Downpatrick Stemming from the A24 ... in Belfast A20 road NorthernIreland A20 Belfast Portaferry Via Newtownards A21 road Ireland A21 Bangor ... Ireland A22 Dundonald Downpatrick Via Comber. A23 road Ireland A23 Belfast Ballygowan A24 road Northern ... the R182 at the border. A26 road NorthernIreland A26 Banbridge Coleraine Via Lurgan , Antrim, County ... Augher Via Armagh A29 road NorthernIreland A29 Portrush Dundalk Via Maghera , Cookstown , Dungannon ... the R234 in Pettigo at the border. A36 road NorthernIreland A36 Ballymena Larne A37 road Ireland ... Dundalk Castleblayney Only a short stretch of this route actually lies within NorthernIreland. The rest ... than 1km lies in NorthernIreland. It crosses the River Foyle and divides into the N14 road Ireland ... A54 Castledawson Coleraine A55 road NorthernIreland A55 Belfast Outer Ring Road A57 road Ireland ... City and Larne. A76 road Ireland A76 M1 motorway NorthernIreland M1 Lurgan A101 road Ireland A101 M1 motorway NorthernIreland M1 Sprucefield, near Lisburn A211 road Ireland A211 Bridge Street ... A509 road NorthernIreland A509 Enniskillen Dublin Becomes the N3 road Ireland N3 road at the border after Derrylin . A512 road Ireland A512 M1 motorway NorthernIreland M1 Lisburn A513 road ... more details
File Arts Council of Northern Ireland.PNG thumb 100px right Arts Council of NorthernIreland logo The Arts Council of NorthernIreland Irish language Irish Comhairle Eala on Thuaisceart ireann , Ulster Scots language Ulster Scots Airts Cooncil o Norlin Airlan is the lead development agency for the arts in NorthernIreland. ref Irish and Scots from the http www.artscouncil ni.org Arts Council of NorthernIreland , Accessed December 2008 ref As the main development agency for the arts it is responsible for the distribution of Big Lottery Fund National Lottery Funding for the arts in NorthernIreland. ref http www.lotteryfunding.org.uk uk arts council ni 2 Lottery Funding Arts Council NI Lottery Funding website. Accessed December 2008 ref The council is headquartered at MacNeice House on the Malone Road in Belfast . Organisationally it is a non departmental public body of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure . There is a sculpture park in the grounds of MacNeice House featuring work by local sculptors. Notable projects Audiences NI Belfast Festival at Queens Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Culture NorthernIreland F ile an Phobail See also List of Government departments and agencies in NorthernIrelandNorthernIreland Screen External links http www.artscouncil ni.org Arts Council of NorthernIreland website References reflist DEFAULTSORT Arts Council Of NorthernIreland Category Arts councils of the United Kingdom Category Culture of NorthernIreland Category Art in NorthernIreland Category Non Departmental Public Bodies of the NorthernIreland Executive NorthernIreland stub art org stub UK org stub ... more details
Infobox UK legislation short title NorthernIreland Act 1998 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title sup An Act to make new provision for the government of NorthernIreland for the purpose of implementing the agreement reached at multi party talks on NorthernIreland set out in Command Paper 3883. sup statute book chapter 1998 c. 47 introduced by territorial extent NorthernIreland royal ... 1998 47 The NorthernIreland Act 1998 c.47 is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established a devolved legislature for NorthernIreland , the NorthernIreland ... of Ireland Act 1920 , parts of the NorthernIreland Constitution Act 1973 , and established new rules in line with the European Union and the NorthernIreland peace process , subsequent to the Belfast Agreement of 1998. The Act allows for a devolved NorthernIreland Assembly of 108 members ... requirements with regard to standards and responsibilities. NorthernIreland remains a part of the United ... for NorthernIreland holds the power to call for the referendum if appears likely to him that a majority ... to make laws for NorthernIreland, but an Act of the Assembly may modify any provision made by or under an Act of Parliament in so far as it is part of the law of NorthernIreland. NorthernIreland Act ..., 2002, p. 71. ISBN 0415230357 ref ref Aughey, Arthur The politics of NorthernIreland beyond the Belfast ..., NorthernIreland, and Devolution, 1945 1979, Journal of British Studies Jan. 2010, Vol. 49, No. 1 117 142. Notes reflist External links http www.niassembly.gov.uk Website of the NorthernIreland Assembly UK legislation Devolution in the United Kingdom Category Government of NorthernIreland Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1998 Category Constitutional laws of NorthernIreland Category NorthernIreland peace process Category 1998 in NorthernIreland Category Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning NorthernIreland Category Devolution in the United Kingdom de Northern ... more details
File Flag of the Governor of Northern Ireland.svg 250px thumb Flag of the Governor of NorthernIreland The Governor of NorthernIreland was the principal officer and representative in NorthernIreland .... Overview The office of the Governor of NorthernIreland was established on 9 December 1922 under Letters ... 14607.htm House of Lords, NorthernIreland Bill, Memorandum by the NorthernIreland Office. ref do and execute in due manner as respects NorthernIreland all things which by virtue of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 1920 Act and our said Letters Patent of 27 April 1921 or otherwise belonged to the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Lieutenant at the time of the passing of the Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922 The Governor had possession of the Great Seal of NorthernIreland . The Governor was the successor to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in NorthernIreland, itself established on 3 May 1921. ref 3 May 1921 was the appointed day under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , upon which the Parliaments of NorthernIreland and Southern Ireland were established, SR&O 1921, No. 533 . ref The office of the Governor was abolished on 18 July 1973 under Section 32 of the NorthernIreland ... of northernireland 22&sig q KcCq8 PlQnolIcWNeDSHSxaE4&id 94hgYO8I6T0C&ots XRxcmGLWD7&output html A New History of Ireland by Theodore William Moody, Francis John. ref The Secretary of State for NorthernIreland , a cabinet of the United Kingdom cabinet office that had been created in 1972, took over the functions of the Governor on 20 December 1973 under Letters Patent. Governors of NorthernIreland, 1922 1973 class wikitable No. Name Picture Entered Office Left Office 1. James Hamilton, 3rd ... General of the Irish Free State References references Category Government of NorthernIreland Category History of NorthernIreland Category Governors in the British Islands id Daftar Gubernur ... of Northern Ireland.svg 70px 1 December 1964 27 November 1968 5. Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton ... more details