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Friday, 15 June, 2001, 17:50 GMT 18:50 UK![]() Northern Ireland ![]() ![]() ![]() David Trimble claims he has "weathered the storm" despite the UUP's losses to the anti-Agreement DUP. ![]() ![]() Sinn Fein's rise divides Northern Ireland in political terms into the "greened" west and the unionist east. Also:
![]() ![]() The Ulster Unionists lose 31 seats in the Northern Ireland council election and there are big gains for the DUP and Sinn Fein. ![]()
Changes to NI political map
BBC Northern Ireland's political correspondent Mark Simpson analyses the changed NI political map. ![]()
Unionism: The view from the grassroots
BBC News Online's Derek Crawshaw goes in search of grassroots unionist opinion in the wake of the general election result. ![]()
SDLP strategist calls for change
A senior SDLP strategist calls on his party to make changes in response to the "bloody nose" he says it has been given in the general election. ![]()
Women MPs sweep to power
The general election in Northern Ireland sees the elevation of three females and a husband and wife team to the House of Commons. ![]()
Northern Ireland candidates
A full list of the candidates who stood in the general election in Northern Ireland. ![]()
Two held after poll shooting
Police arrest two people after gunmen injure three people at a Northern Ireland polling station. ![]()
NI polling station rows
NI's chief electoral officer says there will be an investigation into reports of voting irregularities at polling centres. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Candidate alleges unionist smear
Anti-Agreement unionist Jim Dixon says he is withdrawing from the Fermanagh South Tyrone contest over a smear campaign. ![]()
'Blackmail' in North Down
The BBC learns of an attempt to blackmail an Ulster Unionist who wanted to fight the controversial North Down seat. ![]()
Alliance withdraws from five seats
The Alliance Party decides not to fight five Westminster seats claiming it is acting in the interests of the Good Friday Agreement. ![]()
'Adams as first minister'
Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness predicts Gerry Adams could be Northern Ireland's first minister within five years. ![]()
SDLP and Sinn Fein clash
The SDLP accuses Sinn Fein of intimidating its election workers in West Tyrone. ![]()
Cecil admits: 'I was mortified'
Ulster Unionist Cecil Walker admits he offered to stand down as his party's candidate for North Belfast after a poor TV appearance. ![]()
Rainbow George's manifesto
Rainbow George Weiss, who is standing in all four Belfast seats, unveils some radical policies. ![]()
Nationalists clash on electoral pact
The Social Democratic and Labour Party and Sinn Fein clash over their failure to reach an electoral pact. ![]()
Paisley brands line dancing 'sinful'
The DUP leader and moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church, Ian Paisley, condemns line dancing as "sinful". ![]()
Unionist MPs stand down
Two of Northern Ireland's most colourful Ulster Unionist MPS are standing down from parliament at this election. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
West Belfast's biggest issue?
Anti-social behaviour, and the responses to it, is claimed to be the single biggest election issue on the doorsteps in West Belfast. ![]()
Success on the internet?
Did you surf the political parties' websites during this election campaign? ![]()
Maiden speeches in short supply
The last time Northern Ireland elected a woman to parliament was in 1969. Is this the election which will change the statistics? |
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