Varadkar Will Not Be Negotiating Brexit When He Meets May at Farmleigh
February 8, 2019 No Responses

Varadkar Will Not Be Negotiating Brexit When He Meets May at Farmleigh

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he will not be negotiating Brexit when he meets Theresa May for dinner in Dublin this evening. After holding talks in Brussels yesterday, the British Prime Minister was flying to Dublin in an effort to...
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Belfast Bakery at Center of ‘Gay Cake’ Case Will Not Seek Legal Costs
February 7, 2019 No Responses

Belfast Bakery at Center of ‘Gay Cake’ Case Will Not Seek Legal Costs

A bakery which beat a discrimination case after it refused to make a cake with the slogan Support Gay Marriage will not seek legal costs. Ashers, a bakery in Belfast, was judged in 2015 to have broken the law after...
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Police Arrest Twelfth Person Over Murder of Community Worker in Belfast
February 5, 2019 No Responses

Police Arrest Twelfth Person Over Murder of Community Worker in Belfast

Detectives investigating the murder of community worker Ian Ogle have made a twelfth arrest. A 38-year-old man was detained by police on Tuesday morning. He is being questioned at Musgrave Serious Crime Suite in Belfast. Mr Ogle, 45, died after...
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One in Ten Irish Eat Fast Food at Least Once a Week
February 5, 2019 No Responses

One in Ten Irish Eat Fast Food at Least Once a Week

A tenth of the population has a takeaway or fast food at least once a week. A new survey by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) highlights our over-reliance on convenience food. This research provides an insight into our...
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Murdered Belfast Community Worker Died With ‘Unparalleled Bravery’
February 4, 2019 No Responses

Murdered Belfast Community Worker Died With ‘Unparalleled Bravery’

Murdered Belfast community worker Ian Ogle died with “unparalleled bravery” while protecting those he thought were in danger, his funeral has heard. The 45-year-old died after he was attacked and stabbed 11 times as he prayed with a pastor on...
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May to Give Brexit Speech in The North on Tuesday
February 4, 2019 No Responses

May to Give Brexit Speech in The North on Tuesday

Theresa May is to visit Northern Ireland on Tuesday for a speech in which she will confirm her Government’s “absolute commitment” to avoiding a hard border with the Republic after Brexit. The British Prime Minister’s trip, which will also take...
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Social Justice Ireland Calls for Five Year Plan to End Poverty
February 4, 2019 No Responses

Social Justice Ireland Calls for Five Year Plan to End Poverty

Social Justice Ireland is calling on the Government to set a five-year plan to get rid of poverty in Ireland. It says it must protect the most vulnerable in Irish society given the uncertainty over Brexit and the potential impact...
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MacDonald: Unionists Need to be Part of Planning for United Ireland
February 2, 2019 No Responses

MacDonald: Unionists Need to be Part of Planning for United Ireland

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has said that the unionist community needs to be a part of planning for a united Ireland. Party activists gathered in Dublin today to discuss the campaign for Irish unity and what they say...
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Two Injured in Paramilitary Attacks in Derry
February 2, 2019 No Responses

Two Injured in Paramilitary Attacks in Derry

A community is in shock after two men were shot in Derry in paramilitary-style attacks, ten minutes apart. The shootings happened in the heavily-residential Ballymagroarty area of the city last night. Detective Sergeant Michelle Boyd, of the PSNI, said: “Bot...
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German Government Will Not Bow to Pressure from Auto Makers
February 1, 2019 No Responses

German Government Will Not Bow to Pressure from Auto Makers

The German government will stand up to pressure from its own car manufacturers to compromise on the backstop, the German justice minister has said. Katarina Barley said the German government would stand firm in the face of demands from the...
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