Posted By: July 03, 2016
Diarmaid Ferriter. Irish Times. Saturday, July 1, 2016 Younger unionists keen to stay in EU may feel less trenchant about their unionism During the week, the Merriman Summer School in Ennis was timely in examining the theme of “our gallant allies in Europe”. It offered a chance to reflect on how the wheel has turned over the decades in relation to Anglo-Irish relations […]
Posted By: July 02, 2016
Here’s how the U.K. could fall apart post-Brexit. Amanda Sloa. Foreign Policy. June 30, 2016 I moved to Scotland in September 1997, a wide-eyed American graduate student. These were heady days. Newly-elected Prime Minister Tony Blair had just won referendums on devolution to Scotland and Wales; plans for a new Scottish Parliament were taking shape; and the European Union was preparing to […]
Posted By: July 02, 2016
Irish News (Belfast). Editorial.Saturday, July 2, 2016 The outcome of the EU referendum has created an atmosphere of widespread uncertainty and deep concern across all sections of society as government, business, employers, investors and ordinary workers grapple with this seismic change.Answers to many key questions have been in short supply as it has become painfully apparent that the Leave campaign had no clear […]
Posted By: July 02, 2016
Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, July 2, 2016It appears that our society is suffering from the twin evils of democracy and independent thought. That is the reasonable conclusion we might draw from reaction to the Brexit vote, as expressed by many of those enjoying authority and self-imposed importance.While the leaders of Remain graciously accepted the referendum result, some supporters have suggested that […]
Posted By: July 01, 2016
John Manley. Irish News (Belfast). Friday, July 1, 2016Farmers face a bleak Brexit future according to Farming Life’s Richard Halloran. Picture by Matt BohillOne of the leading voices in Northern Ireland’s farming press has spelled out the implications of Brexit for the region’s agriculture sector in the starkest terms.According to journalist Richard Halloran, right, who pens a comment piece in the News […]