A vote not on the constitution, but on policy?
BEN SCALLAN: A century after the War of Independence, Ireland now finds itself in the humiliating position of having to beg a European body to use our own generators and avoid freezing in the winter:
Embarrassing.
Support for EU membership here spans all political parties and shades of opinion.
Irish MMA two-weight world champion Conor McGregor has dubbed the Irish government “lapdogs” of the EU, adding that Ireland has “stockholm syndrome” to the bloc and that “economic partnership should not mean political surrender.” Last week, McGregor tweeted that it was “time to talk about Ireland leaving the European Union.” This prompted Fine Gael TD […]
Just 4 months after their departure from the EU, Brexit Britain has managed to land trade deals collectively worth over €1 trillion euros across 67 countries worldwide, plus the EU, as reported by Liz Truss MP, UK International Trade Secretary. “We have already secured nearly £900 billion in trade in covering 66 countries plus the […]
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 […]