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  • Ireland and The EU Post Brexit

    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 […]

  • Is it time for Ireland to leave the European Union?

    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 […]

  • Minister Flanagan addresses Dáil on outcome of European Council Meeting

    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 […]