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The love-hate relationship between Ireland and Britain

Posted By: September 11, 2016

A new Irish Times series explores Ireland’s relationship with its bigger, more powerful neighbor, our changing levels of enmity and amity and the small – yet vast – differences that define the two countriesFintan O’Toole. Irish Times. Saturday, September 10, 2016,One of the big underlying stories of Ireland in the past 20 years is the strange death of Anglophobia. The one phrase most […]

UK break-up not impossible

Posted By: September 10, 2016

First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones has warned the UK risks breaking up unless all nations play a hands-on role in the Brexit negotiations   Benjamin Wright. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, September 10, 2016THE UK risks breaking up unless all home nations play a hands-on role in the Brexit negotiations, Wales’s First Minister Carwyn Jones has warned.This week Prime Minister Theresa May has […]

SDLP need to grab the initiative on post-Brexit debate

Posted By: September 10, 2016

Patrick Murphy. Irish News. Saturday, September 10, 2016 Dear SDLP,Even allowing for Stormont’s recess, you appear to have made little political capital from the Summer’s main events – Brexit and Jamie Bryson. Indeed, some would suggest that since entering opposition, your profile and political relevance have slipped somewhat.So, with respect, this column would like to suggest what you might do to […]

Brexit legal challenge to be heard next month

Posted By: September 10, 2016

By Alan Erwin. ITV. Belfast. Friday, September 9, 2016 A landmark legal bid to stop the UK’s planned departure from the European Union will be heard at the High Court in Belfast next month, a judge confirmed on Friday. Mr. Justice Maguire said he was setting aside two days for the legal challenges to Brexit. […]

Brexit has put future of UK in doubt, says Kenny

Posted By: September 10, 2016

John Downing Twitter. IRISH INDEPENDENT.Saturday, September 10, 2016           Britain’s vote to leave the EU has left doubts about the future existence of the United Kingdom, Taoiseach Enda Kenny told an audience in England. During a debate in Oxford last night, Mr Kenny was asked directly if he believed the Brexit […]

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