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Interests of Irish citizens in North priority says taoiseach

Posted By: November 06, 2018

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has insisted that the interests of Irish citizens north of the border are a “priority” in the Brexit negotiations. John Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, November 6, 2018The Fine Gael leader was responding to the open letter published in The Irish News yesterday and signed by 1,000 people from civic nationalism.Those who put their name to the […]

Caucus launches its “real people” peace prize

Posted By: November 06, 2018

Catastrophic effects: Tony Blair is worried about the impact of Brexit.

Posted By: November 05, 2018

Blair warns MPs “there is simply no answer to Irish issue.”    Lauren Harte. Irish Independent. Dublin. Monday, November 5, 2018 Former British prime minister Tony Blair has said: “there is simply no answer to the Irish issue” around Brexit.Mr. Blair, an outspoken opponent of Britain’s exit from the EU, believes there is now no deal […]

Xenophobic stance of the British government must be opposed

Posted By: November 05, 2018

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus   “Brian Feeney explains why he is one of the 1,000  signers of a letter to the Taoiseach from ‘civic nationalism’ (which does not have the same negative connotations as ‘American nationalism’). The  pull-out quote  from his article is very troubling: ‘The Taoiseach pronounced himself satisfied […]

Protestant farmers more likely to have large farms, Northern Ireland statistics show

Posted By: November 05, 2018

Michael Sheils McNamee. Irish Independent. Dublin. Tuesday, October 30, 2018.Protestant farmers are more likely to farm on large farms than their Catholic counterparts; official figures have shown.Statistics from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs give a snapshot of life for Northern Ireland’s farmers, with a focus on social and equality issues impacting the sector.It was found […]