Barnier Denies EU is Asking For Border Between The North and the UK
July 6, 2018 No Responses

Barnier Denies EU is Asking For Border Between The North and the UK

The chief Brexit negotiator says Europe is not calling for a border to be put in place in Ireland. Mr Barnier has been negotiating with the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Commission. “Let me be clear – we...
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Anglo-Irish Forum to Discuss Instability in The North
July 3, 2018 No Responses

Anglo-Irish Forum to Discuss Instability in The North

Issues surrounding the political instability in Northern Ireland will be discussed at a governmental forum for Anglo Irish co-operation, the Foreign Affairs Minister has said. Tánaiste Simon Coveney said that while the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conferen...
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Ryanair Pilots Vote to Support Strike Action
July 3, 2018 No Responses

Ryanair Pilots Vote to Support Strike Action

Pilots at Ryanair have voted in favor of industrial action, after slow progress on union negotiations. The budget airline agreed to recognize trade unions for the first time last December. However, pilots are disappointed over the slow pace of talks....
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Commemorations Held in France and The North to Remember The Somme
July 1, 2018 No Responses

Commemorations Held in France and The North to Remember The Somme

Commemorations have taken place in France and Northern Ireland to mark the 102nd anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War. Hundreds from both the North and Ireland traveled to northern France to remember those who...
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Gerry Adams Renews Calls for Irish Unity Referendum
July 1, 2018 No Responses

Gerry Adams Renews Calls for Irish Unity Referendum

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has made a fresh call for a referendum on a united Ireland. The call comes just weeks after Taoiseach Leo Varakdar said such a poll would be “divisive” and a “bad idea”. Under the...
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Belfast Orange Hall Lays Out Welcome Mat for GAA Players
June 30, 2018 No Responses

Belfast Orange Hall Lays Out Welcome Mat for GAA Players

An Orange hall in Belfast has welcomed young visitors from the other side of Northern Ireland’s cultural divide. Around 20 young GAA players from Ireland and Scotland, along with their parents, were given a tour of Ballynafeigh Orange Hall in...
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Taoiseach Welcomes Return of British-Irish Conference
June 29, 2018 No Responses

Taoiseach Welcomes Return of British-Irish Conference

A rarely-used forum for Anglo/Irish co-operation on Northern Ireland could help ministers keep in touch after Brexit, the Taoiseach has suggested. The British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIGC) is to meet in London on July 25, 18 months after devolved g...
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McAleese Calls Catholic Teaching on Homosexuality ‘Evil’
June 29, 2018 No Responses

McAleese Calls Catholic Teaching on Homosexuality ‘Evil’

Former Irish President Mary McAleese has warned that the Catholic Church’s teaching on homosexuality is “evil.” Mrs McAleese will be taking part in tomorrow’s Dublin Pride Parade. The two-term President was speaking at an event in Navan, County...
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McGrath Calls for End to Illegal Immigration to Ireland
June 28, 2018 No Responses

McGrath Calls for End to Illegal Immigration to Ireland

Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called for an end to illegal immigration to Ireland. Mr McGrath says almost 14,000 people have tried to illegally enter the country since 2014. The Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney says he is proud of...
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Cork Set to be Fastest Growing Irish City
June 28, 2018 No Responses

Cork Set to be Fastest Growing Irish City

Cork is set to become the fastest growing city in the country over the next 20 years. Today’s annual congress of the International Academy of Urbanism will hear that its population is set to treble. Delegates will discuss the challenges...
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