The Sinn Féin speaker of the Assembly Alex Maskey has announced a series of events to mark the centenary of partition and the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921. The first sitting of the old Northern Ireland parliament in June 1921 also will be marked during the centenary year. The events will include lectures, social media initiatives, an open day, exhibitions and outreach activities, said Mr Maskey. With sharply different unionist and nationalist views about the creation of Northern Ireland Mr Maskey welcomed as “extremely positive” the fact that the five main Stormont parties – DUP, Sinn Féin, SDLP, Ulster Unionist Party and Alliance - could agree a programme of events. There also will be an exhibition on women in Northern Ireland politics.

Source: The Irish Times March 16, 2021 16:40 UTC