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t. e. Since 1998, Northern Ireland has devolved government within the United Kingdom. The government and Parliament of the United Kingdom are responsible for reserved and excepted matters. Reserved matters are a list of policy areas (such as civil aviation, units of measurement, and human genetics ), which the Westminster Parliament may devolve ...
The partition of Ireland ( Irish: críochdheighilt na hÉireann) was the process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK) divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. It was enacted on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
The people in Northern Ireland are all people born in Northern Ireland and having, at the time of their birth, at least one parent who is a British citizen, an Irish citizen or is otherwise entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence, under the Belfast Agreement.
The Easter Rising ( Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca ), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the ...
A Union Jack defaced with the Coat of arms of Ireland . 1922–1973. Personal flag of the governor of Northern Ireland. A Union Jack defaced with the Coat of arms of Northern Ireland . 1924–1953. The Ulster Banner, officially known as the Northern Ireland flag. Variant with the Tudor Crown used between 1924 and 1953.
Corruption is defined by Transparency International (TI) as "the abuse of entrusted power for private gain." [1] Northern Ireland has been home to several large-scale political corruption scandals since 2010, including the Iris Robinson scandal, the Red Sky scandal, and the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal. [2]
The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922) Conflict deaths in Belfast 1920–1922. 50–100 deaths per km 2. 100–150 deaths per km 2. over 150 deaths per km 2. The Troubles of the 1920s was a period of conflict in what is now Northern Ireland from June 1920 until June 1922, during and after the Irish War of Independence and the partition of Ireland.
The partition of Ireland. From the late 1960s to 1998, the Northern Ireland conflict (also known as the Troubles), was a civil war between Irish republican groups, who wanted Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and unite with the Republic of Ireland, and Ulster loyalist groups, who wanted Northern Ireland to remain part of the UK.