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Tony Blair was a conman even back in those heady peace process days

Posted By: July 11, 2016

Suzanne Breen, Sunday Life (Belfast). July 10. 2016 Tony Blair is a great friend of the peace process. I’ve lost count of how often I heard that phrase uttered by the great and the good over the years. Somehow, I don’t think that too many of them will be lining up beside the ex-Prime Minister […]

Brexit Postmortem: Changes to the Common Travel Area with the UK inevitable

Posted By: July 11, 2016

Before we rush to criticize it is timely to remember that we have moved to curtail rights to Irish citizenshipSiobhán Mullally. Irish Times. Monday, July 11, 2016 Siobhán Mullally is Professor of Law at University College Cork and Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights. Immigration and free movement have been central to the Brexit vote debates, and continue […]

DUP man hails UDA gunman as ‘outstanding’ in leaked letter

Posted By: July 11, 2016

MLA Alex Easton didn’t  know Stitt was a gangsterSunday Life/ Belfast Telegraph. Sunday, June 7, 2016A self-confessed UDA boss was described as “outstanding” by a DUP politician in a letter to senior civil servants.North Down MLA Alex Easton’s gushing praise for David ‘Dee’ Stitt was contained in a reference that accompanied the convicted terrorist gunman’s application for a position […]

Leader comment: Scottish independence vote back on table

Posted By: July 11, 2016

The Scotsman. Monday, July 11, 2016 The SNP’s call for a second referendum are heating up but are hard to square with the cold realities of our massive deficit.Far from subsiding, the rhetoric for a second Scottish referendum is growing louder. Angus Robertson, the SNP’s Westminster leader, has raised the temperature with a declaration that another vote on leaving the UK […]

The Guardian view on the Act of Union: time to reimagine the United Kingdom

Posted By: July 11, 2016

The Guardian Editorial. Sunday, July 10, 2016 New ideas for a federal relationship between England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales should get a proper debate going about the post-Brexit union. In the heat of the EU referendum argument, too little attention was paid to the consequences of Brexit for the relationship between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In the aftermath of the vote, most […]

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