Posted By: November 25, 2017
British voters forgot that the peace deal depended on both sides being part of the European Union Charlemagne. The Economist. London. Friday, November 25th, 2017CROSSING the border between Northern Ireland and his home in the south always left the young Gabriel D’Arcy sweating. But that is because he was invariably overdressed. In the 1960s the D’Arcy family made regular sorties […]
Posted By: November 24, 2017
Lesley-Anne McKeown. Irish News. Belfast. Friday, November 24, 2017The UK government’s performance in Brexit talks has been branded chaotic and incoherent in a leaked paper focusing on the views of top European officials.The internal Republic government paper, obtained by RTÉ news, apparently documents EU figures’ scathing assessments of key cabinet members such as Brexit secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.The […]
Posted By: November 24, 2017
Simon Coveney said he wanted to see a united Ireland in his “political lifetime. “ Picture by Hugh RussellJohn Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Friday, November 24, 2017THE Republic’s Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said he would like to see a united Ireland in his “political lifetime.”In a surprise statement that is expected to buoy northern nationalists but draws stern criticism from Unionists, the 45 – year – old Fine Gael deputy leader said he was “constitutional nationalist” who aspired to a 32 – county republic.“I would like to see a united Ireland […]
Posted By: November 24, 2017
Gavin Cordon, in Brussels, and Andrew Woodcock, Press Association. Irish News. Belfast. Friday, November 24, 2017 Northern Ireland’s membership of the EU customs union after Brexit is “a matter for negotiations”, Downing Street has suggested.Dublin is pushing hard for assurances from London that there will be no “hard border” in Ireland, warning that deadlock in Brexit negotiations cannot […]
Posted By: November 24, 2017
John Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Friday, November 24, 2017FORMER Ulster Unionist deputy leader Lord Kilclooney is at the center of a racism storm after calling Taoiseach Leo Varadar “the Indian”.The cross-bench peer faced a deluge of criticism over the remarks on social media last night.He was responding to developments after the Republic’s foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney told an Oireachtas committee […]