Posted By: October 29, 2016
Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, October 29, 2016For nationalist Ireland, it appears that Brexit now means ‘Brits out’.A mere 20 years after the IRA ceasefire heralded a new era of “Brits in, after all”, the leaders of the main nationalist parties are seeking to dilute British influence in the north.They argue that British rule, as indicated by Westminster’s attitude […]
Posted By: October 29, 2016
Irish News Editorial (Belfast). Saturday, October 29, 2016The rejection of the legal challenge to Brexit at the High Court in Belfast yesterday was predictable and few observers anticipated that an action invoking the Good Friday Agreement would suddenly halt the UK’s scheduled withdrawal from the EU in its tracks.However, the wider debate over the looming crisis remains at an early stage and yesterday’s intervention […]
Posted By: October 29, 2016
Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, October 29, 2016File photo dated 06/07/16 of Tony Blair Brexit. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire Tony Blair has told Remain voters “we’re the insurgents now” and urged them to persuade Brexit supporters that the country is better off staying in the European Union.The former British prime minister, pictured, said the will of the people should be respected […]
Posted By: October 29, 2016
Seamus McKinney.Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, October 29, 2016A Bloody Sunday campaigner has revealed he voted Traditional Unionist Voice because he no longer trusts nationalist parties on the abortion issue.Liam Wray, whose brother, Jim ,was shot dead on Bloody Sunday, was responding to an Irish News report that former Sinn Féin mayor of Limavady, Anne Brolly had quit the party over its stance on […]
Posted By: October 28, 2016
Irish News Editorial (Belfast). Friday, October 28, 2016 It is depressing that, after all, the political advances since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, some Loyalists and Nationalists still insist on marking out what they regard as their territory through the public display of various unauthorized flags.Extensive efforts have been made in many districts to reduce, and even entirely remove, symbols which are plainly […]