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Stormont’s Fragile Peace | Cork News
Belfast’s cultural highs at Fleadh Ceoil and Féile an Phobail mask a brewing political storm—despite historic milestones like a republican First Minister, nationalist confidence is waning as Stormont’s fragile power-sharing system teeters again, fueled less by policy than by partisan brinkmanship. Since 1998, nearly 40% of time has seen the assembly deadlocked, with collapses often triggered by petty squabbles—not major disagreements. The 2017 and 2022 breakdowns each sparked elections that reshaped the landscape: Sinn Féin surged in 2017, but the DUP defied polls in 2022. Now, with Sinn…
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