Elections to send representatives to the European Parliament were held in Ireland in June. In both parts of the country there were major changes.

In the Six Counties held by Britain, and in the Twenty-Six Counties of the Irish Republic, Sinn Fein won representation for the first time.

It now has elected representatives in the suspended Stormont Assembly (Belfast), Dáil Éireann (Dublin), European Parliament (Strasbourg), and in the case of Westminster (London) has elected representatives who are barred from taking their seats because of the requirement to take an oath of allegiance to the British monarchy.

As commented upon previously in this e-zine, Sinn Fein is the only Thirty-Two County political party in Ireland.

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