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Commitments on border”‘politically bulletproof” – Varadkar

Posted By: December 08, 2017

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus RTE. Dublin.Friday, 8 Dec 2017  Leo Vardkar said joint commitment is “rock solid and cast iron” Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Brexit deal between the European Union and the UK, which was announced in Brussels, has achieved “what we sought to achieve”.He said the joint commitment by the EU and […]

Border will be obvious are under attack, police tells MPs

Posted By: December 08, 2017

Deborah McAleese. Irish News. Belfast. Friday, December 8, 2017SENIOR police officers have warned MPsGiving evidence to the House of Commons Brexit Committee in Co Armagh, Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris said any infrastructures along the border would give terror groups “a further rallying call to drive their recruitment”.“They have a focus on this. They see it as an opportunity.“Infrastructure on the […]

Theresa May’s Irish Headache, and the Final Death Knell of British Imperialism

Posted By: December 08, 2017

RISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “After centuries of oppression, will Ireland benefit from Britain’s implosion?… Henry Porter. Vanity Fair.Wednesday, December 6, 2017 The United Kingdom, whose long slide into irrelevance was hastened by the arrogance of Brexit, is now moving rapidly toward dissolution over the terms of its self-imposed estrangement. On Monday, […]

Theresa may drown in tidal wave of Loyalism

Posted By: December 07, 2017

Allison Morris. Irish New. Thursday. December 7, 2017  Regulatory convergence, harmonization, special status, hard Border, frictionless Border, sea Border and no Border, what strange times we find ourselves in.The issue of how an island as small as Ireland, dependent on cross-border trade and cooperation, would operate following Brexit was always a key consideration for people living here and one of the main reasons […]

PSNI to liaise with the department over border sign “Welcome to Northern Ireland” peppered with bullet holes

Posted By: December 07, 2017

  John Monaghan. Irish News. Belfast. Thursday, December 7, 2017   SIGN OF THE TIMES: A “Welcome to Northern Ireland” sign covered in bullet holes on the border crossing between Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, and Derrylin, Co Fermanagh Picture: Mal McCann The PSNI has said it will liaise with the Department of Infrastructure about a sign […]

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