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Irish Border center stage at Westminster and in EU negotiations

Posted By: May 03, 2018

Lords debate exposes friction between Dublin and London over Brexit.Wed, May 2, 2018, 21:09 Denis Staunton London Editor. Irish Times. London. Wednesday, April 2, 2018 Wednesday’s debate in the House of Lords about Brexit and the Border was an elegant affair, with Chris Patten and Northern Ireland minister Ian Duncan quoting lines from Louis MacNeice to one another and peers displaying elaborate […]

Brexit: no nearer a solution

Posted By: May 03, 2018

British government needs to signal new flexibility but this may not be politically possible Irish Times Editorial. Dublin. Thursday, May 3, 2018 The prospects of making significant progress in the Brexit talks ahead of the June summit of EU leaders look poor enough, even if some time remains to do so. The huge divisions in the Conservative Party continue to stymie British […]

The changing demographics of Northern Ireland

Posted By: May 03, 2018

Thursday, May 3, 2018 (Irish Echo, Sean McManus) Irish Americans ought to be very aware that we are in a period of important centennial commemorations: the 1916 Rising and the 1918 Irish election when the people of Ireland overwhelmingly voted for national independence and freedom from England. I use “England” not Britain because one can […]

Johnny Cash’s “Forty Shades of Green” inspired by this Irish landscape

Posted By: May 02, 2018

IrishCentral Staff @IrishCentral. March 28, 2017 Johnny Cash’s greatest hits may be remembered as “Ring of Fire,” ‘I Walk the Line,’ and ‘Folsom Prison Blues,’ but there’s one Johnny Cash song that stays dear in the hearts of Irish people and lovers of Ireland.Cash began penning “Forty Shades of Green” in 1959 during a trip to Ireland and completed it in 1961 as a […]

The changing demographics of Northern Ireland

Posted By: May 02, 2018

                                                              FOR EASIER READING OF THE ARTICLE, PLEASE SEE TEXT BELOW. Changing Face of England’s Orange State   Irish-Americans ought to be very aware that we […]

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