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North-south Ministerial Council

The North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC, Irish: An Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh/Theas, Ulster Scots: The Noarth-Sooth Cooncil o Männystèrs) is a body established under the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement) to co-ordinate activity and exercise certain limited governmental powers across the whole island of Ireland. The Council takes the form of meetings between ministers from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and is responsible for twelve policy areas. Six of these areas are the responsibility of corresponding North/South Implementation Bodies.

Policy areas

The Council is responsible for policy in twelve "Areas for Co-operation". Six areas are carried out by existing bodies in each jurisdiction but co-ordinated by the Council. These are: agriculture, education, the environment, health, tourism and transport. Tourism, while not within the competence of an 'implementation body', is promoted by an agency with responsibility for the whole island of Ireland called Tourism Ireland. Six other areas are the responsibility of executive North-South Implementation Bodies:

Implementation bodyCompetence
Waterways IrelandInland waterways
Food Safety Promotion BoardFood safety
Special European Union Programmes BodySpecial EU programmes
InterTradeIrelandTrade and business development
The North/South Language Body (consisting of: Foras na Gaeilge and Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch)Irish and Ulster Scots languages
Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights CommissionFoyle, Carlingford and coastal lights

Organisation

The Ministerial Council consists of representatives of both the Northern Ireland Executive and the Government of the Republic of Ireland. The Ministerial Council may meet in either a plenary or sectoral format. In a plenary meeting a Northern Ireland delegation is led by the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland while the Republic's delegation is led by the Taoiseach and Tánaiste (the Republic's prime minister and deputy prime minister).

A meeting in a sectoral format deals only with one particular policy area, and consists of the minister from the Republic with responsibility for the area under discussion, and two ministers from Northern Ireland (usually one unionist and one nationalist), including the minister with the relevant competence. The Council is supported by a standing Joint Secretariat, based in Armagh, consisting of members of the civil services of both Northern Ireland and the Republic.

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Writing system: Latin (Irish variant) 
Official status
Official language of: Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
European Union
Regulated by: Foras na Gaeilge
Language codes
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Ireland
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Northwest of continental Europe with Great Britain to the east.

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Location Western Europe <nowiki />
Archipelago
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Anthem
Amhrán na bhFiann  
The Soldier's Song


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The Union Flag is the official flag used by the government to represent Northern Ireland. The former official flag, the Ulster Banner, continues to be used by groups (such as some sports teams) representing the territory in an unofficial manner (see Northern Ireland flags issue).
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Tourism Ireland is the marketing body responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas. Tourism Ireland was established as one of "six areas of co-operation" under the framework of the 1998 Belfast Agreement.
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Waterways Ireland (Irish: Uiscebhealaí Éireann; Ulster Scots: Watterweys Airlann) is one of the six All-Ireland North/South Implementation Bodies established under the Belfast Agreement in 1999.
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The North/South Language Body (in Irish, An Foras Teanga; in Ullans, Tha Boord o Leid) is an implementation body, provided for by the Belfast Agreement, that exists to implement policies agreed by Ministers in the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) in Ireland
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Foras na Gaeilge is the governing body of the Irish language, set up on 2 December 1999, which is responsible for the promotion of the language throughout the island of Ireland.
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The Ulster-Scots Agency (in Ulster Scots, Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch) is a cross-border body set up in Ireland to promote the Ulster Scots language and culture.

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Irish}}} 
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Ullans, Hiberno-Scots, or Scots-Irish, refers to the variety of Scots (sometimes referred to as Lowland Scots) spoken in parts of the province of Ulster, which spans the six counties of Northern Ireland and three of the Republic of Ireland.
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Commissioners of Irish Lights

Statutory Corporation
Founded 1867
Headquarters Dublin, Ireland

Key people Frank Boland, Chairperson
Stuart Ruttle, Chief Executive
Industry Maritime Safety
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River Foyle (from the Irish: An Feabhail meaning "estuary of the lip") is a river in the northwest of Northern Ireland, which flows from the confluence of the rivers Finn and Mourne at Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to the city of Derry, where it discharges
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Location Border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

Lake type Sea loch
Primary sources Newry River, Newry Canal

Basin countries Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland

Carlingford Lough
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lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. Lighthouses are used to mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, safe entries to harbors and can also assist in aerial navigation.
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The Government (Irish: Rialtas) [ral̪ˠt̪ˠəs̪ˠ n̪ˠə heːɼən̪ˠ] is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in the Republic of Ireland.
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Northern Ireland

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The Tánaiste (IPA: /ˈtɑːnəʃtʲə/; plural: Tánaistí /ˈtɑːnəʃtʲiː/), or, more formally,
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Armagh
Irish - Ard Macha


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Northern Ireland was created as a political entity in 1921. Once the bedrock of Irish resistance to the advance of the English state in Ireland, the Plantation of Ulster by Scottish and English colonists resulted in it following a different economic, religious and cultural
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