Category: Northern Ireland Assembly

Northern Ireland bishops lament defeat of bill to protect disabled unborn children

by bcadmin | Dec 22, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, Irish bishops, lead, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, the pro-life movement | 0 |

Bishops in Northern Ireland said the defeat of a bill that would have prevented late term abortions for non-fatal disabilities in unborn children “will send a message to all citizens that unborn disabled babies, are fundamentally less valued.”

Unionist leader says Brexit deal could sink N Ireland govt

by bcadmin | Sep 9, 2021 | Associated Press, Brexit, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, Great Britain, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party heightened post-Brexit political tensions on Thursday, saying the U.K.’s divorce deal with the European Union could collapse the Belfast government and trigger a new era of violence and instability.

Biggest Northern Ireland unionist party endorses new leader

by bcadmin | Jun 26, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, Great Britain, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party formally endorsed Jeffrey Donaldson as its new leader on Saturday, a position that will likely see him become the country’s first minister.

Veteran lawmaker to lead N. Ireland’s DUP after turmoil

by bcadmin | Jun 23, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, Great Britain, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party on Tuesday named veteran lawmaker Jeffrey Donaldson as its new leader, weeks after he narrowly lost the election to lead the senior partner in Northern Ireland’s government.

N. Ireland Unionist leader ousted amid turmoil in party

by bcadmin | Jun 18, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

The leader of the senior party in Northern Ireland’s government resigned late Thursday after colleagues revolted over a deal to appoint new leaders to the Protestant-Catholic power-sharing administration.

N. Ireland parties ease crisis that threatened power-sharing

by bcadmin | Jun 17, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

Northern Ireland got new government leaders on Thursday after the two biggest parties broke a standoff that had threatened to scuttle the Protestant-Catholic power-sharing administration.

Paul Givan to become Northern Ireland’s new leader

by bcadmin | Jun 8, 2021 | Associated Press, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, United Kingdom | 0 |

Lawmaker Paul Givan is to become the new first minister of Northern Ireland, replacing Arlene Foster, who had been in post since 2015 and through the Brexit dramas of the past few years.

N Ireland’s main unionist party picks traditionalist leader

by bcadmin | May 14, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, United Kingdom | 0 |

Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party chose a religious conservative from the party’s traditionalist wing as its new leader on Friday.

EU, UK set meeting over Northern Ireland trade rules

by bcadmin | Apr 14, 2021 | Associated Press, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, European union, Great Britain, Ireland, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic and the United Kingdom Brexit minister David Frost will hold talks Thursday in Brussels to discuss Northern Ireland trade rules, the EU said on Wednesday.

Irish Christian leaders call on UK, Ireland to work together on root causes of N Ireland violence

by bcadmin | Apr 13, 2021 | Archbishop Eamon Martin, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, Ireland, lead, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Republic of Ireland, the troubles, Troubles, United Kingdom | 0 |

Religious leaders in Ireland are calling on Irish, British, and Northern Irish politicians to renew their “commitment to peace, reconciliation and the protection of the most vulnerable” in the face of ongoing violence in Northern Ireland.

Belfast bishop urges politicians to avoid inciting more violence

by bcadmin | Apr 10, 2021 | belfast, Bishop Noel Treanor, Brexit, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, Diocese of Down and Connor, DUP, Great Britain, Ireland, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

The Catholic bishop of Belfast urged politicians to be more careful about their language as the city was engulfed in nightly violence.

What is behind the latest unrest in Northern Ireland?

by bcadmin | Apr 10, 2021 | Associated Press, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, Great Britain, Ireland, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

Young people have hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and set hijacked cars and a bus on fire during a week of violence on the streets of Northern Ireland. Police responded with rubber bullets and water cannons.