Posted By: December 02, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus With no government in Belfast and the border issue unresolved, anxiety grows about the country’s future. Yasmeen Serhan. The Atlantic. Washington, DC. Friday, December 1, 2017 If the ever-stalling Brexit negotiations range in character from bewildering to boring, there was at least something familiar about them this week. To wit, the […]
Posted By: December 02, 2017
Patrick Murphy. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, December 2, 2017 The British are a right shower. That appears to be a reasonable summary of Anglo-Irish relations as viewed from Dublin these days.You will notice that it differs somewhat from Ireland’s previous foreign policy… (Sure didn’t Her Majesty come here herself and say something in Irish?)Last week’s patriotism has become this week’s treachery. As […]
Posted By: December 02, 2017
Allison Morris. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, December 2, 2017 FORMER members of the RUC will not be eligible for a proposed ‘amnesty’ under British government plans for a statute of limitations on historic investigations into State killings. Controversial proposals for a statute of limitations, which would end investigations into killings by soldiers before the signing […]
Posted By: December 02, 2017
Brendan Hughes. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, December 2, 2017Theresa May’s decision to rule out EU single market and customs union membership after Brexit was a “historic mistake”, trade union leaders in Ireland and Britain have said.The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and Trades Union Congress (TUC) said they were “seriously concerned” about the potential impact on workers of the UK […]
Posted By: December 02, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “This is why the key to the UK’s future lies – in some ways – in Dublin, at least as long as Brexit negotiations continue.”Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, December 2, 2017The EU is standing firmly behind the Irish government’s demand that Britain gives a written commitment to avoid […]