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Ireland and The EU Post Brexit
Former Irish Ambassador to Canada, Ray Bassett, has had a book published on the relationship between Ireland and the EU in a Post Brexit era. In doing so, he has fallen foul of the establishment in Dublin by questioning one of the few remaining sacred cows in modern Ireland, namely the State’s slavish adherence to […]
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New Irish-Canada strategy will see new Ireland consulate in Toronto
Ireland will be opening a new consulate in Toronto as part of a wider strategy to bring the two countries closer together by 2025. During remarks to Ottawa’s Irish community on Thursday, March 21, the first full day of spring, Ireland’s ambassador to Canada, Jim Kelly, welcomed his guests to his Rockcliffe Park residence. He […]
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Is it time for Ireland to leave the European Union?
For Ray Bassett, Ireland’s former ambassador to Canada, the answer is yes. During an email exchange with Celtic Canada magazine from his Dublin home this past October, after attending a conference in Belfast, the diplomat, who helped negotiate the historic Good Friday Agreement (GFA) of 1998, wrote that “I honestly believed the Irish government policy […]
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Fáilte Ireland Launches ‘Get Brexit Ready’ Programme to Enable Tourism Sector to Sustain Growth
1,000 Tourism Businesses to receive direct support throughout rest of year with further interventions planned for 2018 Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, today unveiled ‘Get Brexit Ready’, a suite of industry supports designed to help businesses at risk or already struggling with the loss of trade created by Brexit. The programme allows individual […]
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United Ireland Still On The Cards -McWilliams
David McWilliams Irish Independent County Down is one of the most beautiful counties in Ireland. It’s a pity so few of us head up the M1 to witness the hauntingly empty beauty just a few miles to the north. Sitting in the Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle as the sun is going down behind the vertiginous […]
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Outstanding issues must be agreed if institutions are to be restored – Gerry Adams TD
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams TD, responding to this morning’s deal between the DUP and the Tory government, said that, if as they claim in today’s agreement, both the Tories and the DUP will adhere fully to the Good Friday Agreement and its successors, they need to deliver on this for the political institutions to be restored. […]
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Minister Flanagan addresses Dáil on outcome of European Council Meeting
Minister hails the strong recognition of Ireland’s Brexit concerns in EU’s negotiating position as the Government’s intensive preparations continue Important now to get the negotiations off to a positive start with early progress on withdrawal issues, including citizens’ rights and the UK’s financial liabilities, and to move to opening negotiations on the future relationship are […]