Sentence examples for mlas from inspiring English sources

As of 4.45pm, the Reverend Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionists had five assembly seats, the Ulster Unionists were on four and Sinn Féin had two MLAs elected.

You have people who are sitting members of Parliament and sitting MLAs — members of the legislative assembly — who have murder raps, who've been indicted on attempted murder, kidnapping, extortion, arms charges, terrorism charges, so obscenity is one of the lightest things you could possibly think about.

There are a handful of Alliance MLAs alongside the sole representatives of the Progressive Unionist party, the Greens and Kieran Deeney, the independent from Omagh.

Some of his MLAs grew fidgety.

The "petition of concern" tabled by the DUP at the outset of the debate means the proposal could only succeed if a sufficient number of both unionist and nationalist MLAs backed it.

The "petition of concern" device meant that even though a majority of MLAs voted for the legislation, it fell because it could only be passed with the support of a majority of both nationalists and unionist members in the House.

Urging the Stormont Assembly to scrutinise republican actions in their debate on the IRA ceasefire next Monday, the North Antrim MLA said: "This is a clear example of Sinn Fein running scared.

I have done my best to discharge my duties as an MLA with integrity but there is no question that I failed to do so on this occasion.

A senior MLA accused her of public posturing.

West Belfast MLA Dr Joe Hendron expressed "sadness" at Mr Hume's decision.

In the early post-revolutionary days (things have improved a bit since) they would fire off mutual legal assistance (MLA) requests without first doing the necessary investigative work to support them.