Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Saturday, October 25, 2025

Leftwinger Catherine Connolly Wins Ireland Presidential Election by Landslide

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THE GUARDIAN: Heather Humphreys concedes defeat after early vote tallies show insurmountable gap between candidates The leftwing independe...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Ireland Losing Pubs Rapidly, Industry Group Warns

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Aug 14, 2025 | Ireland is losing one pub every 2.8 days, the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) has warned. The introduction of the bre...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Trump Accuses Ireland of Stealing US Companies in Meeting with Taoiseach

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THE GUARDIAN: US president claims Dublin ‘took’ pharma industry as he holds White House press conference with Micheál Martin Donald Trump ...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

Is Brexit Pulling the United Kingdom Apart? | 7.30

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Mar 17, 2023 | The disruptive force of Brexit - the UK's 2020 separation from the European Union - continues to reverberate. The long-ru...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Leo Varadkar Nightclub Footage Triggers Privacy Debate in Ireland

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THE GUARDIAN: Leaked clip of deputy leader also fuels moves to tighten social media regulation Leo Varadkar has said he does not wish to c...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

The Hunger I ARTE.tv Documentary

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Dec 4, 2021 • 175 years ago Europe was struck by a devastating famine. The food crisis was triggered when a deadly fungus escaped from South...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Ireland Condemns ‘de facto Annexation’ of Palestinian Land by Israel

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THE GUARDIAN: Foreign minister Simon Coveney supports parliamentary motion and says treatment of Palestinians is ‘manifestly unequal’ Irel...
Thursday, October 01, 2020

Brexit: Ireland Needs to Press for Reunification Vote, Says Sinn Féin

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THE GUARDIAN: Party leader Mary Lou McDonald says Boris Johnson’s attitude to EU withdrawal agreement means her country cannot trust him I...
Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Ireland Vows to Treat All Covid-19 Patients for Free

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The Irish government nationalized its hospitals, imposed a rent freeze, and authorized state-funded childcare, promising free treatment for...
Saturday, March 14, 2020

Coronavirus: US to Extend Travel Ban to UK and Ireland

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BBC: The US is to extend its European coronavirus travel ban to include the UK and Republic of Ireland. The ban will begin at midnight ES...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

Brexit Anxiety in Ireland's Drummully Polyp | Focus on Europe

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People in the Irish enclave of Drummully Polyp fear the introduction of a hard border. Some 200 live in Drummully, which is almost entirely...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

Ireland Tells Boris Johnson There Will Be No Backstop Renegotiation

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THE GUARDIAN: Irish government says there is no prospect of rethink in Brexit stalemate The Brexit stalemate looks set to continue after ...
Thursday, June 06, 2019

Trump Likens Irish Border to Wall between US and Mexico

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THE GUARDIAN: Leo Varadkar tells US president Ireland wishes to avoid border or wall after Brexit Donald Trump has started his visit to I...
Monday, May 13, 2019

Ireland Bars Christian Fundamentalist Pastor from Entering Country

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THE GUARDIAN: Immigration law used for first time to deny entry to anti-gay preacher Steven Anderson An anti-gay US Christian fundamental...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Trump in Turmoil, Italy Migrant Crisis and the Pope's Visit to Ireland

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Friday, August 04, 2017

Brexit Could Lead to UK-Ireland Border Control

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Northern Ireland suffered almost 30 years of violent conflict before it ended two decades ago. Much of that was because the border with the...
Friday, June 02, 2017

Ireland Could Elect Its First Gay Prime Minister

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Ireland could soon have its first openly gay prime minister. Leo Varadkar, the son of an Indian immigrant, is the favourite to win a ruling...
Sunday, May 14, 2017

Could Brexit Lead Way to a United Ireland – BBC News

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The BBC’s Fergal Keane travels from Belfast to Cork to understand what effect Brexit is having on the future of the island.
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Irish PM Tells Trump: ‘St Patrick Was an Immigrant’

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With Donald Trump standing only a few feet away, Irish PM Enda Kenny identifies St Patrick with immigrants – ‘the patron saint of immigrant...
Monday, November 28, 2016

The UK Should Rethink Brexit Says Former Irish PM John Bruton

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