Posted By: January 17, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “Ten years of ‘nose-holding’ and ‘curried yogurt’ jibes[ DUP’s ignorant parody of Irish language] were the public manifestation of the DUP’s deep dislike and distrust of Sinn Féin, but it has been argued that those sentiments extended to broader Nationalism and its attendant culture.”John Manley, Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, January […]
Posted By: January 17, 2017
Gareth Fullerton. Belfast Telegraph. Monday, January 16, 2017Victims campaigner Raymond McCord last night called on unionist voters to “wake up to the sectarian war cry” of the DUP.On the eve of another critical day at Stormont – and with an Assembly election seeming almost inevitable – he slammed what he called the “arrogance” of the government’s main party. […]
Posted By: January 17, 2017
Head of Northern Irish police federation says border posts would be propaganda gifts and targets for dissident republicansHenry McDonald Ireland correspondent. The Guardian. Sunday, January 15, 2017A post-Brexit hard border on the island of Ireland would make police officers sitting ducks for dissident republican attacks, rank and file members of the Northern Ireland force have said.New customs posts and other installations […]
Posted By: January 17, 2017
• The Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to voice his remorse this week • The move has been ridiculed by former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe • He is drawing up a statement expected to call for repentance for the excesses of the period • The Reformation is not even a required subject for the National […]
Posted By: January 17, 2017
While the UK’s exit from the single market is expected, a decision to leave the EU’s customs union would have significant implications for the Border, and could, in the absence of a free trade deal between the UK and the EU, see tariffs charged on goods crossing the border or moving between the Republic and Britain.The customs union allows tariff-free movement of goods […]