Sean Cox Fundraising Campaign Meets Target After Liverpool Legends Game
April 13, 2019 No Responses

Sean Cox Fundraising Campaign Meets Target After Liverpool Legends Game

The fundraising target of €2 million has been reached by the Sean Cox fundraising campaign. It was reached this week as a series of events were held to help with the Liverpool supporter’s recovery. Almost 27,000 people attended a charity...
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Martina Anderson to Run Again for Sinn Féin in The North
April 13, 2019 No Responses

Martina Anderson to Run Again for Sinn Féin in The North

Sinn Féin has confirmed that its current MEP in Northern Ireland will run again for her seat. Elections to the European Parliament are going ahead in May despite the United Kingdom’s imminent exit from the European Union. Martina Anderson, who...
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Islands to Benefit from Extra €70,000 of Government Funding
April 12, 2019 No Responses

Islands to Benefit from Extra €70,000 of Government Funding

Comhar na nOileán Teo is to benefit from €70,000 worth of Governmental funding. The organisation carries out administration work on behalf of the Irish Islands Federation and is based on Inis Oírr. The funding was announced this morning by the...
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80% of Irish Believe That Stigma is Still Attached to Mental Illness
April 12, 2019 No Responses

80% of Irish Believe That Stigma is Still Attached to Mental Illness

More than 80% of Irish people believe there is still a stigma attached to mental illness. It is National Workplace Wellbeing Day today and mental health charity Suicide or Survive is calling for a culture shift in Irish workplaces, to...
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Gildernew Says She was Diagnosed with PTSD Caused by The Troubles
April 11, 2019 No Responses

Gildernew Says She was Diagnosed with PTSD Caused by The Troubles

A Sinn Féin MP says she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder due to Troubles trauma. Fermanagh and South Tyrone representative Michelle Gildernew was speaking in Dublin during a meeting of the Oireachtas committee on the Good Friday Agreement. Th...
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Foster Focused on the Backstop in New Talks with the EU
April 11, 2019 No Responses

Foster Focused on the Backstop in New Talks with the EU

Europe needs to hear and understand unionist concerns about the Northern Ireland backstop, Arlene Foster has said. In a meeting in Brussels, the Democratic Unionist leader told EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier that unionists in the region opposed the Withdra...
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Coveney Says Brexit ‘Looks Less Likely’ After EU Agrees Extension
April 11, 2019 No Responses

Coveney Says Brexit ‘Looks Less Likely’ After EU Agrees Extension

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said that a no-deal Brexit looks “less likely” today than it did a week ago. Mr Coveney was addressing questions in the Dáil about the impact of a crash Brexit on the agricultural industry. He said:...
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Confirmation Hearing for New U.S. Ambassador in Ireland Today
April 11, 2019 No Responses

Confirmation Hearing for New U.S. Ambassador in Ireland Today

A confirmation hearing will take place later today on the appointment of the new US Ambassador to Ireland. Edward Crawford will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington. Mr Crawford, 80, is a billionaire with links to Cork...
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European Union Set to Offer Lengthy Delay to UK for Brexit
April 10, 2019 No Responses

European Union Set to Offer Lengthy Delay to UK for Brexit

Theresa May could cling to power for as long as a year, as EU leaders looked set to offer the UK a lengthy delay to Brexit. Although French president Emmanuel Macron insisted that “nothing is settled”, other leaders arriving at...
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DUP Calls May’s Talks With EU Leaders ‘Humiliating’
April 9, 2019 No Responses

DUP Calls May’s Talks With EU Leaders ‘Humiliating’

The Democratic Unionist Party have branded Theresa May’s bid for a Brexit extension as humiliating and embarrassing. Party leader Arlene Foster and Westminster leader Nigel Dodds both accused Mrs May of “begging” European leaders for help to break the im...
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