Two of its central historical planks were bolted into the Good Friday agreement: the principle that Ulster cannot be forced into a united Ireland without the consent of the majority of its people, and the renunciation of Ireland's constitutional claim to the north.

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MPs voted by 318 to 10 to back devolution after Ian Paisley's anti-agreement Democratic Unionist Party forced a vote on the transfer of power.

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Under an agreement suspending forced eradication there in 2004, 3, 200 hectares of the shrub are tolerated pending a study on how much is required for traditional uses, such as chewing and tea.

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Declan O'Loan of the SDLP said that the executive had been forced to lurch from crisis to crisis and appealed to members to put in place the totality of the Good Friday Agreement in both letter and spirit.

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