Good news.BELFAST, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. -- This year's "marching season," when Northern Irish Unionists conduct triumphant parades through Catholic communities, was one of the most violent since the Good Friday Good Friday, anniversary of Jesus' death on the cross. According to the Gospels, Jesus was put to death on the Friday before Easter Day. Since the early church Good Friday has been observed by fasting and penance. peace accords were signed in 1998. But the news is not all bad out of Belfast. In June three Protestant extremist organizations joined the Irish Republican Army Irish Republican Army (IRA), nationalist organization devoted to the integration of Ireland as a complete and independent unit. Organized by Michael Collins from remnants of rebel units dispersed after the Easter Rebellion in 1916 (see Ireland), it was composed of in putting the gun further out of Northern Irish politics by decommissioning Decommissioning is a general term for a formal process to remove something from operational status. Some specific instances include:
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