Home > Northern Ireland elections: would Sinn Fein’s historic win pave the way to Irish unity?

News
Northern Ireland elections: would Sinn Fein’s historic win pave the way to Irish unity?

Description

Northern Ireland voters go to the polls today (May 5) in what could be the most important election in a generation. They will elect the 90 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, from which a power-sharing executive should be formed. These institutions were created by the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement. According to opinion polls, Sinn Fein - representing mostly people of Catholic and Irish background - could become the largest party for the first time.

Added on the 05/05/2022 10:35:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN

To customise your video :

Or Create an account

More videos on the subject

  • Senn Fein welcomes N. Ireland deal to end 2-year political deadlock

    The nationalist pro-Irish Irish party Sinn Fein says the installing of a nationalist first minister in North Ireland, after the main pro-UK party agreed to endorse a deal with London, will be "a moment of very great significance". Speaking in Belfast, Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald says it will mark "the extent of change that has occurred here in the north and indeed right across Ireland". The The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP agreement with London -- approved on January 30 in an internal vote at a closed-door meeting in Lisburn, near Belfast -- formed a basis to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly, that has been paralysed for nearly two years. SOUNDBITE

    30/01/2024 - AFPTV - First images
  • Irish instability looms after inconclusive elections

    Vote counting is underway in Ireland for national elections that saw Prime Minister Enda Kenny's center right ruling coalition get a kicking from voters. Mana Rabiee reports.

    28/02/2016 - Reuters EN
  • Irish instability looms after inconclusive elections

    Vote counting is underway in Ireland for national elections that saw Prime Minister Enda Kenny's center right ruling coalition get a kicking from voters. Mana Rabiee reports.

    28/02/2016 - Reuters EN
  • Prince Charles shakes hands with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams

    Historic handshake takes place as Prince Charles meets Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in Ireland. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

    19/05/2015 - Reuters EN
  • Senegal government candidate 'very confident' of first-round election win

    The presidential candidate for Senegal's governing coalition, former prime minister Amadou Ba, says he is "very confident" of a first-round election victory after voting in the capital Dakar. SOUNDBITE

    24/03/2024 - AFPTV - First images
  • Irish leader Leo Varadkar votes in referendum on modernising constitution

    Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar arrives at a Dublin polling station and casts his votes in a double referendum on proposals to modernise constitutional references to the make-up of a family and women's "duties in the home". All the major political parties support a "Yes-Yes" vote, which falls on International Women's Day. IMAGES

    08/03/2024 - AFPTV - First images

More videosNews

Watch video of  - DemainEntreprendre - épisode 12 - Label : Economie wallonne -
News

DemainEntreprendre - épisode 12

29/04/2021 12:55:32