• Events during the year 1978 in Northern Ireland. Secretary of State – Roy Mason 18 January – The European Court of Human Rights finds Britain guilty of...
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  • of Northern Ireland is the legal system of statute and common law operating in Northern Ireland since the partition of Ireland established Northern Ireland...
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    Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] ; Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east...
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  • The courts of Northern Ireland are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in Northern Ireland: they are constituted...
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    The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998....
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  • Events from the year 1978 in Ireland. President: Patrick Hillery Taoiseach: Jack Lynch (FF) Tánaiste: George Colley (FF) Minister for Finance: George...
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    The people of 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...
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    The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in men's international association football. From 1882 to 1950, all of Ireland was...
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    The Northern Ireland Assembly (Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlan Assemblie), often referred to by the metonym Stormont, is...
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    an incomplete list of statutory rules of Northern Ireland in 1978. Babies' Dummies (Safety) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 S.R. (N.I.) 1978/322...
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  • people believed to have been abducted, murdered and secretly buried in Northern Ireland, the large majority of which occurred during the Troubles. The Independent...
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    was held in Northern Ireland on 22 May 1998 over whether there was support for the Good Friday Agreement. The result was a majority (71.1%) in favour....
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  • series of electoral pacts by Irish nationalist, Irish Republican and socialist candidates in Northern Ireland elections in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
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    The Irish language (Irish: Gaeilge) is, since 2022, an official language in Northern Ireland. The main dialect spoken there is Ulster Irish (Gaeilge or...
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    of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. The geography of Ireland comprises...
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    loyalist and Irish republican paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland. Attacks can range from a warning or expulsion from Northern Ireland, backed up by...
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    of Ireland to Carlingford Lough in the north-east, separating the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland. Border markings are inconspicuous, in common...
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  • The Troubles were a period of conflict in Northern Ireland involving republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the British security forces and civilians...
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    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast...
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  • devolved government of Northern Ireland, an administrative branch of the legislature – the Northern Ireland Assembly, situated in Belfast. It is answerable...
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  • Damien Hugh Coyle (born 1978 in Northern Ireland) is an Irish computer scientist and researcher, best known for his various publications on computational...
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  • campaigns, continued in the newly-formed state of Northern Ireland, a region of the United Kingdom. Tensions in the territory culminated in widespread conflict...
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    with Irish nationalists in a reformed Northern Ireland Assembly. As of February 2024, they no longer do so as the larger faction: they serve in an executive...
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  • Distillery The 1978–79 Irish League was the 78th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league...
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    an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. It was a major development in the Northern Ireland peace process of the 1990s. It...
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    contained in the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and for Northern Ireland in the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978. The Protection...
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    Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four components of the United Kingdom in terms of both area and population, containing 2.9% of the total population...
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  • Carolyn Jess-Cooke (category Women poets from Northern Ireland)
    1978 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a poet and novelist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Carolyn Jess-Cooke was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in...
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    On 17 February 1978, a British Army Gazelle helicopter, serial number XX404, went down near Jonesborough, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, after being fired...
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  • The Northern Ireland civil rights movement dates to the early 1960s, when a number of initiatives emerged in Northern Ireland which challenged the inequality...
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