Britain and Ireland

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Avis
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
National Level ◽  
The Political ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Ecumenical Movement ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Republic

This chapter begins by noting the contribution of British ecumenists to the ecumenical movement and then proceeds to survey the ecumenical scene in Britain and Ireland against the political and constitutional background of the United Kingdom—comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland—and the separate jurisdiction of the Republic of Ireland. It notes the favourable ecumenical climate in England and Wales and goes on to outline local ecumenical relationships, including Local Ecumenical Partnerships, the ecumenical instruments for each nation and for all four, and various forms of cooperation at the national level. The chapter then turns to examples of theological dialogue, proposals for closer unity, and the problems of their reception and implementation, with a particular focus on the Anglican-Methodist Covenant.

The Population of Ireland

1960 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-68
Author(s):  
W. A. Honohan
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Political Change ◽  
The Political ◽  
Irish Population ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Striking Contrast

1. In the year 1800, when the Parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland were fused by the Act of Union establishing the United Kingdom, the population of Ireland was of the order of 5 millions. By 1821 the figure had risen to 6·8 millions and in 1841 it was 8·2 millions. During the following decade the population fell by 1-6 millions to 6·6 millions. By the year 1861 it was only 5·8 millions and thereafter it continued to decline steadily, though not with such rapidity, until in 1911 a figure of 4·4 millions was reached. Owing to the disturbed state of the country in 1921, the next census was not taken until 1926, after the political change in 1922 when twenty-six of the thirty-two counties into which the country was divided were established as a separate political entity, the Irish Free State (later to become a Republic), while the remaining six were constituted as Northern Ireland and continued to form part of the United Kingdom. The population of the whole island in 1926 and again in 1951 was 4·3 millions, that is to say, it differed only slightly in 1951 from what it was forty years earlier in 1911—see Table 1. The population of Ireland has, therefore, remained virtually stationary at about 4¼ millions for almost half a century. The trend of Irish population since 1841 is in striking contrast with the trend in England and Wales for, whereas in 1841 the population of Ireland was more than one-half of that in England and Wales, today it is less than one-tenth; the Irish population has almost halved while that of England and Wales has almost trebled.

National festivals, the state and ‘protestant ascendancy’ in Ireland, 1790–1829

1984 ◽  
Vol 24 (93) ◽  
pp. 30-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline R. Hill
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
National Symbols ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Single Set

One indication of Ireland's divided political culture is that there is no general agreement between most catholics and most protestants on a single set of national symbols. To take the case of a national festival, in the Republic of Ireland, where ninety-four per cent of the population is catholic, St Patrick's day (17 March) is celebrated at the popular level, the state level, and is a bank holiday. In Northern Ireland too St Patrick's day is celebrated, but chiefly by catholics (thirty-one per cent of the population), while the festival associated with the majority protestant population is Orangemen's day (12 July) when William III's victory at the battle of the Boyne(l July 1690 O.S.) is commemorated. Both these festivals are kept as bank holidays in Northern Ireland (though not in the rest of the United Kingdom); the Republic of Ireland, however, extends no recognition to 12 July.

Northern Ireland: Peace Talks Yield Accord Aimed at Ending Decades of Violence in Northern Ireland: New Institutions to Allow for Sharing of Ulster Power

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
National Security ◽  
Party Leaders ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Critical Moment ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
New Institutions

[A]s promised, [I have] Jim Steinberg here, the President's Deputy National Security Advisor. Jim is going to go through the sequence of meetings that the President has, beginning with his meeting with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams tonight and the leaders of the parties tomorrow, at what is, I think Jim would agree, a very critical moment in the Northern Ireland peace process and one in which the coincidence of St. Patrick's Day and the meeting of all of the party leaders here provides the President with, I think, an important opportunity to help the parties and the government of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to move the work forward.

The Political offence exception in the extradition law of the United Kingdom: a redundant concept?

Legal Studies ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Young
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
The Political ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Political Character

It is a familiar principle of the law of extradition that a fugitive should not be surrendered to a requesting State if his alleged offence is of a political character. Yet in recent years this exception to extradition has been the subject of criticism. With the increase in political violence in Europe in the 1970's it was feared that fugitive terrorists might be able to shelter behind the political offence exception. In the United Kingdom some politicians have been particularly disturbed by the application of the political offence exception by the courts of the Republic of Ireland to prevent cxtradition of alleged terrorists.

scholarly journals Abortion Access in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland: International Influence and Changing Laws?

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Viall
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Abortion Law ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
European Court ◽  
Abortion Access ◽  
The Republic

Access to abortion services in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is extremely restricted. Women have few options beyond traveling abroad and paying out of pocket to undergo an abortion. In the United Kingdom, abortion is legal up to 24 weeks and is largely free of cost under the National Health Service. While Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, laws legalizing abortion do not apply, and abortion law has not changed since 1861. In 1983, the Republic of Ireland passed an amendment to its constitution equating the life of a mother with the life of an unborn fetus. Since then, several high-profile court cases were brought to the European Court of Human Rights, which has slowly expanded abortion access in the country.

The Royal Medico-Psychological Association Reports on Psychiatric Education

1968 ◽  
Vol 114 (516) ◽  
pp. 1441-1454 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Psychiatric Education ◽  
Psychiatric Unit ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Postgraduate Teaching ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Republic

In 1965 the Education Committee drew up a questionnaire on postgraduate teaching (prepared in a form suitable for I.B.M. punching) which was then circulated to every psychiatric hospital, psychiatric unit and teaching hospital in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and to those hospitals abroad recognized by the Conjoint Board as providing training for the D.P.M. The questionnaires were sent out late in 1965, and after two sets of reminders the returned results were processed by the Tabulating Research Centre at Hampstead. Regrettably, the Centre, although providing a great deal of information very quickly, delayed for almost a year completing the processing of the data.

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