Posted By: March 20, 2017
Party intends publishing 12-point proposal within months to strengthen links with NIFiach Kelly.Irish Times. Dublin. Monday, March 13, 2017Fianna Fáil is to publish a 12-point plan within months to strengthen economic, political and educational links between the Republic and Northern Ireland, which could help prepare the way for the unification of the island.Party leader Micheál Martin says he believes Irish unity is […]
Posted By: March 20, 2017
The Belfast Agreement has been disrupted by Brexit and Conservative party behaviorPaul Gillespi.Irish Times. Saturday, March 18, 2017 That we live in an age of acceleration has become common in contemporary debate. It applies in technology, society and in politics. Globalization and its discontents have reinforced the trend over the last year with Brexit, Trump and the new populisms. We […]
Posted By: March 19, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus Ben Lowry. News Letter. Belfast. Saturday, March 18, 2017Today on pages 6 and 7 of the print edition (to be put online later on Saturday) we examine some of the census findings of 2011.Adam Kula has presented the data with his usual skill. Even so, you might find […]
Posted By: March 19, 2017
As a system of beliefs, the new nationalism is much more appropriate to an English nation-state than to a more diverse United KingdomPatrick Cockburn. Independent. London. Friday, March 17, 2017Brexit is English nationalism made flesh, but the English underrate its destructive potential as a form of communal identity. Concepts like “nationalism” and “self-determination” have traditionally been seen as something that happens to foreigners. An […]
Posted By: March 19, 2017
As a system of beliefs, the new nationalism is much more appropriate to an English nation-state than to a more diverse the United KingdomPatrick Cockburn. Independent. London. Friday, March 17, 2017Brexit is English nationalism made flesh, but the English underrate its destructive potential as a form of communal identity. Concepts like “nationalism” and “self-determination” have traditionally been seen as something that happens to foreigners. […]