Posted By: March 06, 2017
Allison Morris. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, March 6, 2017The 2017 snap election ended with the highest number of female elected representatives since the formation of the Northern Ireland assembly and with three of the elected women party leaders.Of the 90 assembly members elected, 27 are women – 30 percent of MLAs while the figure is down from the 30 elected in 2016, […]
Posted By: March 06, 2017
Irish News Editorial.Belfast. Monday, March 6, 2017 While it may often appear that the winds of political change will never arrive, the hint of a breeze can sometimes be followed by a storm of monumental proportions sweeping across our structures.The 2017 assembly election can only have profound consequences for both Nationalists and Unionists, those who are between the two main traditions and indeed […]
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Outcome confirms institutions and political culture continue to be mired by sectarian headcount politics Irish Times Editorial. Dublin. Monday, March 6, 2017 The question remains exactly the same. Status quo ante restored: will Arlene Foster resign or step aside as First Minister pending the inquiry into the extraordinary fiasco of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme? Will no-one pay a political price for a scandal […]
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Tom Kelly. Irish News. Belfast. Mondy, March 6, 2017Best to get the congratulations and commiserations out of the way first. Elections as they often do, create winners and losers and this one was no different. Sinn Féin won, and in style. They took the DUP to the wire, and a margin of a mere 1168 votes and one seat now separates […]
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Alex Kane. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, March 6, 2017 The biggest gaffe of the DUP’s campaign was Arlene Foster’s line: “If you feed a crocodile it will keep coming back and looking for more.”She seemed to be describing Sinn Féin – with whom she has been in the executive since 2007 –as a cold, dangerous, greedy, reptilian beast. She also made […]