Organisations Parties Politicians

» Anglo-Irish Agreement    Agreed by the British and Irish governments, with indirect input from Nationalists, this was unpopular with Unionists.    http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/aia/aia.htm

» Britain and Northern Ireland    Intended for a US audience, contains speeches and statements on issues including the political process and the GFA.    http://www.britainusa.com/nireland/

» Centre for Cross Border Studies    A joint university research centre on North-South economic, political and cultural relations in the island of Ireland    http://www.qub.ac.uk/ccbs

» Connolly - Walker Controversy    Information about an appeal in 1917 by James Connolly for socialist unity in Ireland. His appeal invoked a reply from William Walker, and a bitter controversy ensued.    http://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1911/connwalk/

» Guradian: Northern Irish politics    Series of articles from the Guardian newspaper on the Northern Ireland Assembly and elections.    http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/northernireland

» IRA Statement    It includes a commitment to begin a process that will "completely and verifiably put IRA arms beyond use", given a "full implementation, on a progressive and irreversible basis" of government commitments, and a resulting "politica    http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/ira060500.htm

» IrishPeace.com    Collection of links on the peace process. Includes background information, reading lists, and chat line.    http://home.att.net/~IrishPeace.com/

» Northern Ireland Elections Site    Nicolas Whyte's guide to election results in Northern Ireland. There is also a useful summary of all election results in Northern Ireland since 1973.    http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/

» Northern Ireland Peace Process    News from Northern Ireland, an archive of the peace process to date, a poll, and small discussion forum.    http://members.lycos.co.uk/northernireland/

» Northern Ireland Troubles    Cartoons on local politics, from News Art's political cartoon site.    http://www.newsart.com/x2/x167.htm

» Northern Ireland Troubles In Focus    Editorial cartoons from around the world.    http://www.cartoonweb.com/cartoonsinfocus/ireland/main.html

» Northern Ireland Wall Murals    Political art from the streets of Belfast.    http://peacelinetours.g2gm.com/murals.html

» Politics and Demographics in Northern Ireland    Analysis of the demographic changes taking place in Northern Ireland, and the effect that they are having on election results.    http://www.geocities.com/pdni/

» PoliticsNI.com    Aggregated news stories, comment, and statistics about politics in Northern Ireland.    http://www.politicsni.com/

» Reform Movement    Founded by Irish unionists in theRedmondite tradition. Argues that true reconciliation can be achieved only when Ireland accepts that it is closely linked to the United Kingdom socially, culturally and economically.    http://www.reform.org/

» Stratagem    Political lobbying organisation, providing government input to business and industry. Assembly information and members, service portfolio and list of clients.    http://www.stratagem-ni.com

» The Anglo-Irish Treaty    This agreement of 1921 between Michael Collins' Irish delegation and the British government of Lloyd George provided for the Irish Free State to be established, and for Northern Ireland to remain united with Great Britain.    http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/ait1921.htm

» The Community Relations Council    An impressive set of resources, including detailed information on programmes they organise, an on line library of publications, a quarterly newsletter and information on funding available for community relations projects.    http://www.community-relations.org.uk/

» The Framework Document, February 1995    Agreed by the British and Irish governments, this formed a basis for the negotiations which led to the current peace process.    http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/fd22295.htm

» The Good Friday Agreement    or The Belfast Agreement - between the local parties, and endorsed by the voters of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic in separate referenda.    http://www.nio.gov.uk/index/key-issues/the-agreement.htm

» The Joint Declaration on Peace    or Downing Street Declaration - in which the British and Irish Prime Ministers affirmed the importance of Civil Rights in Northern Ireland, and of the consent of the people of that territory to any settlement.    http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/dsd151293.htm

» The Mitchell Report    by the International Body on Arms Decommissioning. It spelled out the seven "Mitchell Principles" of decommissioning, and helped overcome reluctance to negotiate with representatives of armed paramilitary organisations.    http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/gm24196.htm

» The Patten Report    The report of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland, which was set up on 3rd June 1998 by the UK Government as a result of the Belfast Agreement.    http://www.belfast.org.uk/report.htm

» soc.culture.irish FAQ    Section 5: Irish History - summarises answers to some questions that are asked a lot on the usenet newsgroup.    http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cultures/irish-faq/part05/

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