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Brexit deal collapses as DUP say no to soft border
Plans to seal a critical deal to advance negotiations on Britain’s departure from the EU ended in farce this afternoon
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Northern Ireland’s economy has a lot more to lose from a hard Brexit than the Republic’s
As the Brexit end game approaches, the intractability of the problems around the Irish border are thrown into sharp relief
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Robert Hamill was walking home
Post Views: 217 Robert Hamill was walking home from St Patrick’s Hall in Portadown on the night of April 27th 1997, along with three friends. When they arrived in the centre of Portadown he and one of his friends were attacked by a
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Taoiseach attends Gay Pride event on his first Belfast visit
Post Views: 13 The 26 County Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has made his first visit north of the border since becoming Fine Gael leader. It certainly wasn’t an unnoticed visit, as the Taoiseach first called for a “unique solution” to the status of
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‘Uniting Ireland and its People in Peace and Prosperity’ – summary
Post Views: 133 The Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement in its work programme approved by the Dublin parliament appointed Senator Mark Daly as rapporteur to compile a report on the effect of Brexit on Ireland, what Ireland should
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Irish Dail report shows a United Ireland may be closer than ever
Post Views: 19 An Irish parliamentary report on achieving Irish unity has placed the republican goal of a united Ireland in the context of 26 County constitutional parliamentary politics for the first time.
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No return to the status quo, writes Gerry Adams
Post Views: 31 The anti-equality approach of the DUP, supported by the British government, has seen the shutters effectively pulled down on this round of talks. This constitutes a monumental failure by Theresa May and her government.
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Stormont talks end in failure: Tory/DUP pact blamed
Post Views: 7 The collapse of talks to revive power-sharing has been described by Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill as a “monumental failure” by British Prime Minister Theresa May who she said had “set back decades of work” in the peace process.
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Socialist Irish TD and five activists found not guilty in water-charges protest trial
Socialist Paul Murphy TD and five other men have been found not guilty of falsely imprisoning former Tanaiste Joan Burton and her adviser during a 2014 water charges protest
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IRELAND: New Head Arrives – Same Old Reactionary Politics?
Ireland now inherits a new Taoiseach and the Fine Gael party a new head on boring-old-shoulders, existing Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar
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