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March 29, 2019 No Responses

Despite Brexit Fears, Irish Shipping Industry is Booming

The Irish shipping industry has seen a marked increase in business as companies bypass British ports amid Brexit fears, the head of Dublin Port has said. Irish ports have been forced to adapt quickly and increase capacity for direct sailings...

March 29, 2019 No Responses

Taoiseach to Meet Macron and Merkel Next Week for Brexit Talks

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will meet the French President and German Chancellor next week to discuss Brexit. Mr Varadkar will visit Paris on Tuesday for discussions with Emmanuel Macron. He will also welcome Angela Merkel to Dublin for a meeting...

March 28, 2019 No Responses

Bill That Restores North-South Fishing Deal Passes Through The Dáil

The Sea Fisheries Amendment Bill 2017 has passed all stages in the Dáil this evening. The bill allows for the reinstatement of a North-South fishing deal that existed between the 1960s and 2016. It allows vessels from Northern Ireland to...

March 28, 2019 No Responses

‘Serious Questions’ Raised in Delaney Loan Affair says Ross

Reports that the former chief executive of the FAI provided a loan to the organization “have raised serious questions”, Ireland’s sports minister has said. Shane Ross said Sport Ireland was “engaging” with the FAI over claims it received a loan...

March 28, 2019 No Responses

Irish Freedom Party Launches IrExit Billboard Campaign Across Ireland

An Irish Eurosceptic political group has launched a nationwide billboard campaign calling for the country to leave the EU. The Irish Freedom Party erected posters across the country making the case against EU membership. One of the posters includes an...

March 28, 2019 No Responses

Michael O’Neill Condemns Online Video Showing Sectarian Singing

Northern Ireland’s football manager has branded those captured in an online video singing a sectarian song as “mindless idiots”. The footage of a number of people, some wearing Northern Ireland football shirts, singing “we hate Catholics” to the tune...

March 28, 2019 No Responses

PSNI Fears Losing Access To European Arrest Warrant in No Deal Brexit

A senior police officer in Northern Ireland has voiced concern that the European Arrest Warrant could disappear in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Assistant Chief Constable Tim Mairs told a Policing Board seminar in Belfast that this week alone,...

March 28, 2019 No Responses

Wow Air Announces It Has Ceased Operations

Wow Air has ceased operation. The Icelandic budget airline made the announcement on its website this morning. Last year the company announced a loss of €30 million for the first nine months of the year – and let go of...

March 28, 2019 No Responses

Republic of Ireland Charged by UEFA over ‘Tennis Ball’ Protest

The Republic of Ireland have been charged by UEFA after tennis balls were thrown onto the pitch during their Euro 2020 qualifier against Georgia. Fans protesting against controversial former Football Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney took adv...

March 28, 2019 No Responses

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Given Three Year Contract as United Manager

Manchester United have handed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a three-year contract to make him their manager on a permanent basis. The move has seemed inevitable for many weeks given the transformation United have undergone since Solskjaer arrived on a caretaker basis.....

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