Posted By: October 27, 2016
Daniel McConnell. Irish Examiner. Thursday, October 27, 2016No agreement exists with the British government about the use of Irish ports as border control points, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said.British ministers including secretary of state for Northern Ireland James Brokenshire had claimed London and Dublin were working to strengthen Ireland’s external borders to combat illegal migration into the UK after Brexit.He said such a “high […]
Posted By: October 27, 2016
Belfast Telegraph. Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Thousands of people travel back and forth over the Irish border for work every day The Government’s dual ambition to maintain the common travel area between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and to control the UK’s borders has been condemned as “contradictory nonsense” by a Labour MP.Thousands of people travel back and forth […]
Posted By: October 26, 2016
Amanda Ferguson . Reuters,| Belfast, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Northern Ireland’s High Court will rule on Friday on a challenge against British plans to leave the European Union without a vote in parliament, the first judgment in legal cases that are being closely watched by politicians and markets. A cross-party group of politicians, including members of the British province’s largest Irish nationalist parties, brought the challenge earlier […]
Posted By: October 26, 2016
First Minister Arlene Foster greets Prince Michael of Kent. Picture by Niall Carson/PA WireBrian Feeney. Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday, October, 2016. IT’S clear we have a major problem with Arlene Foster.Her peasant-like forelock-tugging obeisance to the British government is guaranteed to do the prospects of prosperity for people here a lot of harm.It’s bad enough that she won’t […]
Posted By: October 25, 2016
In a frank interview, Anna Lo blasts several high-profile politicians, brands DUP a ‘racist’ party and explains why she backs Irish unity Suzanne Breen.Belfast Telegraph. Monday, October 25, 2016 Former high-profile Alliance MLA Anna Lo has said she would vote for a united Ireland in any future border poll. The politician, who faced a unionist […]
