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January 13, 2020 No Responses

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...

January 13, 2020 No Responses

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...

January 12, 2020 No Responses

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...

January 12, 2020 No Responses

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...

January 11, 2020 No Responses

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...

January 11, 2020 No Responses

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...

January 10, 2020 No Responses

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...