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With debates over human rights and Covid-19, BBC News NI looks back to a time when jabs were compulsory.

Northern Ireland's Parliament was founded in 1921, but it took eleven years to find a permanent home.

Partition 100 years on: Northern Ireland's path set by first election a century ago In the latest of his series of articles on the centenary of partition, historian Cormac Moore looks at the first election to the new Northern Ireland Parliament, which took place 100 years ago this week 26 May, 2021 01:00 The slogan 'vote early and vote often', recorded in this image from The Sphere, captured the atmosphere of the first election to the new Northern Ireland Parliament, held 100 years ago this week. Unionists won 40 of the 52 seats and nationalists - who ran on an abstent...

BBC News By Mark Simpson It is exactly 100 years since the first election was held in Northern Ireland. An overwhelming majority of the successful candidates, 40, were unionists. Also elected were six Sinn Féin representatives, including Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera, although they refused to take their seats. image copyrightBritish Pathé image captionSir James Craig was the first prime minister of Northern Ireland Unionists hailed the result as a significant victory and believed it copper-fastened the new border, following the partition of Ireland. However, with six seats going to S...

Partition 100 Years On: The Government of Ireland Act 1920, 'a ghastly Christmas gift' On this day a century ago the Government of Ireland Act 1920 became law, allowing for the formal division of Ireland. In the latest in his series of articles on Partition, historian Cormac Moore examines the genesis and legacy of this defining piece of legislation Ian MacPherson, Chief Secretary of Ireland, introducing the Bill to the House of Commons in February 1920 in a sketch published in The Illustrated London News under the headline: Designed 'To Settle Once And For All This Age-L...