Posted By: December 19, 2017
Ireland and the EU have been outmaneuvered by the UK into a deal that gives NI and perhaps ultimately the whole UK a competitive advantage trading into Ireland and the EU, by allowing a retreat for NI and the UK from EU environmental, social and other typically non-economic standards. Michael Smith. Village. Dublin.Monday, December 18, 2017The EU-UK Brexit deal is being presented as a triumph […]
Posted By: December 19, 2017
The British Home Office is recruiting 300 new border force officers.Connla Young. Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, December 19, 2017The British Home Office has refused to reveal how many of 300 new border force officers will be based in the north.A major recruitment drive closed earlier this month and came as the British government prepares for Brexit.Successful candidates will be posted to different locations […]
Posted By: December 19, 2017
Newry Times News. Monday, December 18, 2017 Nationalism in the north of Ireland has never been more confident and will not accept inequality of treatment or disrespect, local MLA Conor Murphy has said.The Sinn Féin MLA was commenting on an initiative earlier this week in which almost 200 legal professionals, athletes, artists and writers, academics, community leaders, and entrepreneurs from the nationalist community […]
Posted By: December 18, 2017
Agreement between EU and UK means Northern Ireland born citizens with Irish passports could enjoy benefits closed to British passport holdersLisa O’Carroll. Brexit correspondent. The Guardian. London. Sunday, December 17, 2017People born in Northern Ireland who carry Irish passports could have more rights after Brexit than those who carry British passports, legal experts have claimed.The Irish border deal struck between the EU and […]
Posted By: December 18, 2017
Document sets out ensuring rights of EU citizens in UK and promise of no hard border in Ireland as well as financial issuesRowena Mason. The Guardian. London. Friday, December 8, 2017 EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the rest of the EU have the right to stay. Rights of their children and those of partners in existing “durable relationships” […]