A new poll has found that half of Britons no longer wish to pay a TV licence fee – and that many of them feel the BBC is biased in its reporting. A poll of 1,700 people by Redfield & Wilton Strategies found that 56% of respondents supported scrapping the licence fee and believed the BBC […]
The Rural Independent Group of TDs have described the cabinet decision to “plough ahead with new legislation, banning oil and gas exploration, as utterly counterproductive”, claiming it to be a “groundless decision lacking any rational, scientific or evidence-based scrutiny”. The group warn of the impact on higher energy prices, with no reduction in greenhouse gas […]
On October 7th, last year, the Irish Times delivered its damning verdict on the British Government’s handling of Covid-19. “Fantasy as Policy”, it pronounced. “What is clear”, the paper said, “is that the British prime minister has not lost his capacity for nonsense – his speech was full of Churchillian bluster and exceptionalism about the […]
The former taoiseach said a border poll could take place on the 30th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
After a long string of humiliations regarding vaccine supply, and then political chaos following the erection of a customs border on the island of Ireland, the EU has now desperately attempted to back-track by revoking Article 16. But is this really enough for the bloc to save face? The past few years have not been […]
Patrick Murphy, CEO of the Irish South and West Fish Producers, says that Ireland’s fish are being given away for the benefit of Europe. #gript
At the eleventh hour, the British negotiating team pulled a rabbit from the hat in their negotiations with the European Union. A key victory long desired by Brexiteers and Eurosceptics: a concession on fisheries. The EU would agree that EU Fishing boats would give Britain back 25% of fish caught in its waters over the […]
The crew had travelled approximately 240 nautical miles to get to the haddock-rich waters, but were forced to retreat following the intervention.
Rural Independent TD Michael Colllins has slammed the government for abandoning the fishing sector and coastal communities in a Brexit trade-off which destroys the Irish fishing sector while costing thousands of jobs in rural coastal communities. Speaking from his Cork South West Constituency today (Tuesday 5 January 2021) Deputy Collins stated: “The ramifications of the […]
Prof Ray Kinsella has provided a succinct appraisal of what the Brexit deal means for Ireland – not so much in relation to economic matters, but as a reflection of where the Irish state and the island as a whole stand in relation to the EU as a political entity. He notes in particular how […]
The EU blinked. There’s no point in attempting to put a gloss on it. You know the kind of thing: “This is not a time for triumphalism…” On the contrary, yes, it is. Europe should celebrate the Free Trade Agreement negotiated by Boris Johnson because it is a vindication of what democracy is about, and […]
“The promises of standing by the fishermen of our island nation was forgotten only a few days past, when news broke that Michel Barnier offered 18% of what can only be Irish fish to the UK.”