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...“I think [the referendum] gives both the government and established opposition parties pause for thought,” said David Farrell, professor of politics at University College Dublin....
...Michelle O’Neill, first minister designate from the pro-Irish unity Sinn Féin party, which is now the biggest on both sides of the Irish border, said the moment underscored “the change that’s happening across...
...“They were already worried about the potential of a split unionist vote,” said David McCann, an election analyst....
...Sinn Féin collapsed the executive from 2017-22 in a row over a botched energy scheme....
...The new executive will see Sinn Féin leader Michelle O’Neill take the post of first minister, with a DUP nominee as deputy first minister....
...“This is definitely a proxy election,” said David McCann, a political lecturer and deputy editor of news website Slugger O’Toole....
...“Give us a song that actually means something to people,” said David McWilliams, an economist. The IRFU promotes an apolitical identity....
...Perhaps most crucially, nationalism had a leader, John Hume, with a vision, while unionism had the brave David Trimble, who took a risk on it....
...It will cross that bridge with Sinn Féin when it comes to it. Clearly, the British government is used to dealing with Sinn Féin in the North for some time....
...Letter in response to this article: Good Friday deal did not cause Stormont stalemate / From David Davin-Power, Dublin, Ireland...
...The legal challenge was brought by a group of politicians from Northern Ireland, including two previous first ministers: Arlene Foster and the late David Trimble....
...David Holden, a former Grenadier guardsman, was convicted of the 1988 manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie last November....
...In 1998, David Trimble and John Hume were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their part in crafting a deal that ended three decades of sectarian violence in Ireland....
...the ultimate problem for the DUP is its handling of the Brexit affair has left it in a position where it has three options: 1) invent time travel, 2) restore power-sharing and facilitate the first Sinn Féin...
...This bolsters Sinn Féin’s prospects. “The increase in wealth has its mirror image in the ‘locked-outness’ of people from the housing market,” said David McWilliams, an economist....
...He told the Sinn Féin leader: “We’ve done our bit. Mr Adams, it’s over to you. We’ve jumped; you follow.”...
...Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva, and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer....
...It puts to the fore what David Ford, former leader of Northern Ireland’s centrist Alliance party, calls Sinn Féin’s “fluffier side that makes them look more acceptable and more respectable”....
...But Sinn Féin has reinvented itself politically while “loyalism continually feels like it’s losing,” says Paul Smyth, executive director of Politics In Action, an NGO....
...Sinn Féin this week were very, very careful not to put a time frame on how long they’re actually going to give the DUP to make its mind up....
...The DUP, runner-up to the pro-unity Sinn Féin party last May, says London has a simple choice: the protocol or Stormont....
...The UUP are a bit more reasonable, and the Alliance,” said David Thompson, 68, who runs a tea-packing business....
...“I wouldn’t say they’re unstoppable,” said David Higgins at financial consultancy Carraighill, who said the ruling parties’ fatigue mirrored trends seen in grand coalitions in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands...
...Blair nevertheless wrote a letter to David Trimble, the UUP’s leader, promising to take tougher action on decommissioning paramilitary weapons if progress was insufficient after six months, according to...
...But Michelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s first minister-in-waiting after her Sinn Féin party won regional elections last month, branded the UK’s actions “disgraceful and reckless” and a “straight-up, slam...
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