Britain and Ireland to “Beef Up” Cooperation After Brexit Says Taoiseach

Britain and Ireland to “Beef Up” Cooperation After Brexit Says Taoiseach

Ireland and Britain will “beef up” cooperation after Brexit, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson repeated that fresh checks would not be imposed on goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland, except where they were destined...
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Boris Johnson Meets with Northern Leaders in Belfast

Boris Johnson Meets with Northern Leaders in Belfast

Boris Johnson has met Stormont’s newly-appointed leaders for talks set to focus on how much the Government will stump up to support the return of devolution. The Prime Minister was greeted by DUP First Minister Arlene Foster and Sinn Féin...
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Kearney: Power-Sharing Creates ‘Beachhead’ for United Ireland

Kearney: Power-Sharing Creates ‘Beachhead’ for United Ireland

A deal to restore Stormont power-sharing has created a “beachhead” to advance the debate toward a united Ireland, a Sinn Féin minister has said. Declan Kearney, a newly appointed junior minister in the executive, said the institutions would work as...
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EU Will Not Be Rushed into Brexit Trade Deal – Coveney

EU Will Not Be Rushed into Brexit Trade Deal – Coveney

Passing laws to prevent the extension of Brexit negotiations will not force the EU to rush into a deal, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has warned. Mr Coveney said the EU felt the end of 2020 deadline set by Boris Johnson was...
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Foster Elected as First Minister as Power-Sharing Returns in The North

Foster Elected as First Minister as Power-Sharing Returns in The North

Stormont’s first and deputy first ministers have been appointed after power-sharing returned to Northern Ireland. DUP leader Arlene Foster resumes the first minister role she lost when the last coalition executive collapsed in 2017 while Sinn Féin’s Storm...
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Nora Quoirin’s Parents Continue to Seek Justice in Malaysia

Nora Quoirin’s Parents Continue to Seek Justice in Malaysia

The parents of Nora Quoirin have vowed to keep on fighting for an inquest into their daughter’s death saying it is “a fundamental right of any citizen”. It comes after it was ruled an inquest would not be held into...
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Parties Agree Deal to Restore Power-Sharing at Stormont

Parties Agree Deal to Restore Power-Sharing at Stormont

Power-sharing is returning to Northern Ireland after Sinn Féin joined the DUP in backing a deal to re-enter devolved government together. Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald said a draft agreement tabled by the UK and Irish governments provided a...
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McDonald Welcomes Recognition of Irish Language in North

McDonald Welcomes Recognition of Irish Language in North

This is an historic “red letter” day for the Irish language, Sinn Féin’s president has declared. Mary Lou McDonald said the decision to bestow official recognition was only the start and the language would evolve and deepen. She added it...
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Broadcaster Larry Gogan Remembered as ‘an Extraordinary Man Who Was Very Ordinary’

Broadcaster Larry Gogan Remembered as ‘an Extraordinary Man Who Was Very Ordinary’

RTÉ broadcaster Larry Gogan has been remembered as an extraordinary man who was very ordinary at his funeral mass. Mr Gogan, who was known as the man with the golden voice and had worked at RTÉ for more than 50...
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British and Irish Government Publish Draft Deal to Restore Power-Sharing

British and Irish Government Publish Draft Deal to Restore Power-Sharing

The Irish and UK Governments governments have published a draft deal to restore Stormont, with the Assembly to be recalled on Friday to see if the parties will turn up and sign up to it. The UK’s Northern Ireland Secretary...
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