Three Tory MPs quit and join breakaway Labour group
Colin Gannon
Three Tory MPs have defected the party to join the breakaway “centreground” Independent Group founded by former Labour MPs.
Sarah Wollaston, Anna Soubry and...
Agreement to protect UK pensions in Ireland ‘welcome’
Colin Gannon
A legally-binding agreement guaranteeing the payment of state pensions and social welfare between the UK and Ireland has been officially signed and is...
Hard border makes violence ‘inevitable,’ warns report
Violence in Northern Ireland is “inevitable” if custom checks or border infrastructure are created at the Irish border with the UK crashing out of...
Former Taoiseach says Belfast and Finchley ‘not the same’
Colin Gannon
It is “constitutionally incorrect” to say that parts of Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom currently have no divergence, former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern...
Home Office refuses to clarify nature of review into GFA cases
Colin Gannon
The Home Office and the Office of the Secretary of Northern Ireland have refused to clarify the nature of their proposed review into...
Irish public support firm backstop stance, poll finds
The Irish public is in overwhelming support of their government holding firm on the backstop even if it risks a no-deal Brexit, according to...
Remember the past but look to future, says Higgins
President Michael D Higgins this week visited the site of one of the worst IRA atrocities of The Troubles – the 1974 Birmingham Pub...
Liverpool visit for Prince and President
The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins and Charles, the Prince of Wales, will next week make a historic visit as joint patrons to...
Special place in hell for Brexiteer politicians, says Tusk
Colin Gannon
Theresa May will return to Brussels on Thursday to seek concessions from the EU despite continued resistance from Dublin its leaders to reopen...
Northern Ireland’s democratic deficit comes at worst possible time
Now that the Tory government have shamefully supported removing the so-called Irish backstop from the EU withdrawal agreement, it is more critical than ever...