Posted By: September 19, 2016
Martin McGuinness and Arlene Foster, right, used royal prerogative to allow them to appoint David Gordon as executive press secretarySimon Cunningham. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, September 19, 2016 David Gordon is due to take up the post of Executive press secretary next month.THE first and deputy first minister have described criticism of a controversial executive appointment as “hysterical” and “an insult […]
Posted By: September 17, 2016
MPs will probe how the 310-mile border in Ireland could be policed under post-Brexit arrangements Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, September 17, 2016An inquiry into the fate of the border as Britain prepares to leave the European Union has been launched by a parliamentary watchdog at Westminster.MPs will investigate whether Northern Ireland should have a special status in a post-Brexit UK and […]
Posted By: September 17, 2016
Irish News. Saturday, September 17, 2016 DEVOLUTION ISSUE: Attorney General John Larkin. Above right, Raymond McCordAttorney General John Larkin QC could become involved in landmark legal bids to stop the UK’s planned departure from the EU.Mr Larkin has set out his view that the joint challenges to Brexit appear to raise an issue of devolution – a potential gateway […]
Posted By: September 16, 2016
Alex Kane. Irish News (Belfast). Friday, September 16, 2016When I interviewed Micheál Martin in February 2014 he told me that he was preparing to field Fianna Fáil candidates in Northern Ireland: “But we have to be very incremental. It isn’t going to be a big bang. We made mistakes before – saying that Fianna Fáil was going north, but frankly, there wasn’t anything […]
Posted By: September 16, 2016
British officials are warning negotiations are already becoming “dangerously entrenched”, even before Theresa May invokes Article 50 that will open formal EU-UK “divorce” proceedings Peter Foster. The Telegraph. London. Thursday, September 16, 2016 Senior figures in the EU believe that Britain will give up on Brexit if they make negotiations as tough as possible, The Telegraph understands. British officials are fighting […]
