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Brexit could have ‘catastrophic’ impact on peace process, court hears

Posted By: October 04, 2016

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus Victims campaigner Raymond McCord is mounting a legal challenge to Brexit.  Picture by Hugh RussellIrish News. Monday, October 4, 2016THE United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union could have a “catastrophic” impact on the Northern Ireland peace process, the High Court heard today.Lawyers for the father of a loyalist […]

Anti-Brexit lawyers claim Northern Ireland has veto over leaving EU

Posted By: October 04, 2016

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by the Irish National Caucus “They want to ensure the Brexit process complies with the rule of law, takes account of parliamentary sovereignty, protects progress made towards a more peaceful society and accords adequate weight to the democratic will of those in Northern Ireland who voted in the European referendum and in the poll on the Good […]

Are Foster and McGuinness equal to the Brexit challenge?

Posted By: October 04, 2016

The North has been plunged into uncertainty and the prospect of having to reconcile the irreconcilableGerry Moriarty, Northern Editor.  Irish Times. Tuesday, October 4, 2016Following their meeting with British prime minister Theresa May at Stormont in July, Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness gave separate, edgy press conferences which highlighted their diametrically opposing positions on Brexit. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/GettyThe senior Northern Ireland civil servant, a […]

Hard Brexit will not be as easy as some “May” think

Posted By: October 03, 2016

Brian Feeney. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, October 3, 2016Well, now you know. It’s going to be ‘hard Brexit’ as they call it. Repealing the 1972 European Communities Act means repudiating the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice and all the obligations of membership of the EU. Theresa May yesterday emphatically placed the ability to block free movement of people above […]

Following the leader with the media

Posted By: October 02, 2016

By Jude Collins. Belfast Media.Friday, September 30, 2016 IF there’s one thing unionist politicians enjoy doing, it’s telling republicans who should represent them (republicans, that is). We got a lot of this during the years when the Orange Order thought that it had an unfettered right to march where it chose: if there was to […]

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