The Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has seven members in the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs) and two members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Seamus Frederick Mallon was an Irish politician who served as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2001 and Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 1979 to 2001. He also sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1986 to 2005.
The Northern Ireland Assembly,often referred to by the metonym Stormont,is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom,and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive. It sits at Parliament Buildings at Stormont in Belfast.
Newry and Mourne District Council was a local council in Northern Ireland. It merged with Down District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Newry,Mourne and Down District Council.
Newry and Armagh is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Dáire Hughes of Sinn Féin who was first elected at the 2024 election.
South Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Chris Hazzard of Sinn Féin.
Alasdair McDonnell is a retired Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2011 to 2015,having served as deputy leader between 2004 and 2010. He was the Member of Parliament for Belfast South from 2005 to 2017,and also a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast South from 1998 to 2015. He graduated from medical school at University College Dublin in 1974.
Conor Terence Murphy is an Irish republican Sinn Féin politician,who has served as Minister for the Economy of Northern Ireland since 2024. He has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Newry and Armagh since 2015,having previously served as the Member of Parliament for Newry and Armagh from 2005 to 2015,observing the Sinn Fein policy of abstentionism.
Kieran McGeeney is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player,who currently manages his native county team,Armagh,having previously managed the senior Kildare county team from 2007 until 2013.
The 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Wednesday,7 March 2007. It was the third election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. The election saw endorsement of the St Andrews Agreement and the two largest parties,the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin,along with the Alliance Party,increase their support,with falls in support for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
Independent Nationalist is a political title frequently used by Irish nationalists when contesting elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Great Britain and Ireland not as members of the Irish Parliamentary Party,in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The 2005 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 5 May 2005 and all 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. 1,139,993 people were eligible to vote,down 51,016 from the 2001 general election. 63.49% of eligible voters turned out,down 5.1 percentage points from the last general election.
Mullaghbawn Cúchulainn's Gaelic Football Club is a GAA club in Mullaghbawn,southern County Armagh,Northern Ireland. It is part of Armagh GAA,and plays at Chucullain Park. It plays Gaelic football in the Armagh Senior Football Championship.
The 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Thursday,2 March 2017. The election was held to elect members (MLAs) following the resignation of deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness in protest over the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal. McGuinness' position was not filled,and thus by law his resignation triggered an election.
The Armagh county football team represents Armagh GAA,the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association,in the Gaelic sport of football. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions;the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship,the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
The Laois county football team represents Laois in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Laois GAA,the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions;the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship,the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
This is a list of the 90 members of the seventh Northern Ireland Assembly,the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. The election took place on 5 May 2022,with counting continuing the following 2 days;voter turnout was estimated at 64.4%.
Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on 18 May 2023. The elections were delayed by two weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. Following the elections,Sinn Féin became the largest party in local government for the first time. It also marked the first time that nationalist parties had garnered a greater share of the vote than unionist parties,however,despite this,there were more unionist councillors elected than nationalists.
Events from the year 2024 in Northern Ireland.
