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Alarm that Brexit path is worsening for Ireland

Posted By: November 05, 2016

Eamon Quinn.Irish Examiner. Friday, November 04, 2016A ruling by a UK court that insists the British parliament approve the Brexit vote will unlikely delay the final divorce proceedings with the EU, Ireland’s leading independent expert on Brexit has said.But Edgar Morgenroth, associate research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), and an adviser to the Government, warned the prospects […]

Gerrymandering is alive and kicking in the USA

Posted By: November 05, 2016

Gerrymandering in the north may have been abolished decades ago but as Political Correspondent John Manley reports from Washington DC it’s surprisingly prevalent in the world’s largest democracyJohn Manley. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, November 5, 2016PEOPLE in the north like to think we wrote the book on gerrymandering. From the drawing of the border nearly a century ago to the subsequent manipulation of […]

Programe for Government needs a large dose of reality

Posted By: November 05, 2016

Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, November 5, 2016Stormont is good for you. That’s the key message in the latest (and almost unnoticed) Program for Government (PfG), which is now open for consultation.So forget low-fat diets, fruit and lots of fiber. Just swallow the PfG, Stormont’s new wonder-drug and you’ll be fine – although it might be best taken not with a […]

Britain’s loony right fear betrayal – let us hope so

Posted By: November 05, 2016

Tom Collins . Irish News Belfast). Saturday, November 5, 2016 You couldn’t make it up. The loony right successfully outmaneuvers a weak and spineless prime minister to secure a vote on Britain’s future membership of the European Union.It wins with a promise that the electorate will be able to ‘take back control’ from faceless bureaucrats. The EU referendum is all about sovereignty, […]

How Northern Ireland finally got a US president to care

Posted By: November 05, 2016

Ray O’Hanlon @IrishEcho Irish Echo.Thursday, November 03, 2016    Fr. Sean McManus and Bill Clinton at the 1992 forum. Irish Echo Archives Grab the attention of a presidential candidate and your cause might someday have a chance. Grab the attention of the President of the United States and your cause actually has a chance. As the Troubles in […]

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