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The George J. Mitchell Scholarships, awarded annually by the US-Ireland Alliance, provide funding for graduate study in Ireland (in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland). The first class of scholars began their studies in 2000. On average, approximately 350 young Americans apply for the 12 scholarships each year. [1]
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948, which "described" the state as the Republic of Ireland (without changing its name or constitutional status), led the British government to pass the Ireland Act 1949, which declared that Northern Ireland would continue as part of the United Kingdom unless the Parliament of Northern Ireland consented to leave ...
The AR-18. Armalite and ballot box was a political catchphrase used to define the strategy pursued by Irish republicans from 1981 up until the 1994 IRA ceasefire [1] in which Sinn Féin ceased its policies of election boycott and abstentionism and instead contested elections in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, while the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) pursued an armed ...
The Business Education Initiative (BEI) is a British study-abroad programme for students from Northern Ireland.It was run initially by the Department for Employment and Learning but, since 2006, is delivered by the British Council in association with the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland.
The Government of the Republic of Ireland also has the right to "put forward views and proposals" on non-devolved matters in relation to Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Office is led by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , who sits in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom .
The Local Government (Finance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1933 No. 125: No. 126: The Housing Grant Rules (Northern Ireland) 1933 No. 127: The Civil Authorities: Special Powers: Republican Flag Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1933 No. 128: The Black Scab in Potatoes Order (Northern Ireland) 1933 No. 129
The Northern Ireland Assembly is elected by single transferable vote and the composition of the Northern Ireland Executive is by power sharing determined by the D'Hondt system, among the members elected to the assembly. Northern Ireland also elects 18 MPs to the House of Commons, and there are elections to 11 local government districts.
He won a scholarship to St Patrick's College of Education, Drumcondra, Dublin, and later obtained a diploma from University College Dublin. He was appointed headmaster of Drumnagranchy national school, County Sligo in 1907. [2] He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood in 1913. [2]