Posted By: March 04, 2017
Mike Nesbitt announces his resignation as Ulster Unionist leader and Arlene Foster at her count on Friday, March 3, 2003Sam McBride. News Letter. Saturday, March 4, 2017Northern Ireland is today waking up to a fundamentally altered political reality: Unionism is no longer a majority in the Stormont chamber for the first time since the creation of the Province a […]
Posted By: March 04, 2017
Much of Sinn Féin and Michelle O’Neill’s success can be attributed to Arlene Foster.Much of Sinn Féin and Michelle O’Neill’s success can be attributed to Arlene Foster. Picture by Arthur Allison/Pacemaker John Manley. Irish News. Saturday, March 4, 2017We are in an era of political upsets, and while the Stormont election result isn’t on the same […]
Posted By: March 04, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by the Irish National Caucus Belfast Telegraph. Saturday, March 4, 2017 DUP party chairman Lord Morrow (left) with DUP leader Arlene Foster at Omagh count center as he failed to be re-elected in Northern Ireland’s Assembly election. Brian Lawless/PA WireThe political landscape of Fermanagh and South Tyrone has been dramatically reshaped. The DUP suffered a […]
Posted By: March 04, 2017
Patrick Murphy. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, March 4, 2017The big winner in this election was Sinn Féin. By easily maintaining its position as the largest nationalist party, it retains its veto over Stormont’s future, and while the party may not use its mandate to immediately return to office in Belfast, its election performance has significantly increased its chances of entering the […]
Posted By: March 04, 2017
Jonny Bell. Belfast Telegraph. Saturday, March 4, 2017 DUP party chairman Lord Morrow (left) with DUP leader Arlene Foster at Omagh count center as he failed to be re-elected in Northern Ireland’s Assembly election. Brian Lawless/PA Wire Fewer than 1,200 first preference votes separated the DUP and Sinn Fein in the election.The DUP got 225,413 votes – 28.1% of […]