UK government warns unionists the Republic could help decide the North’s future if Stormont collapses again
Hilary Benn and Micheál Martin give speeches at British Irish Association conference in Oxford
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Hilary Benn and Micheál Martin give speeches at British Irish Association conference in Oxford
Starmer’s first visit to Ireland since becoming UK prime minister is another opportunity to strengthen ties frayed by the nadir of the Truss-Johnson era and Dublin’s sometimes sharp tone
Republic is second largest source of foreign direct investment for Northern Ireland
PM’s meeting with French president follows recent visit to Germany where he said he was not ‘reversing Brexit’ amid plans for treaty
Living in the UK almost 40 years, Peter Benson is thrilled about Labour’s election victory. ‘We have grown-ups in 10 Downing Street now,’ he writes
The Labour government has a genuinely toxic inheritance from the Conservatives, politically, diplomatically and technically
The former tánaiste reflects on the ‘fun behind the craziness’ of Liz Truss, the ‘intellectual snobbery’ Enda Kenny faced, and Michel Barnier’s shock at the warm welcome he received on the streets of Dublin
British prime minister to visit on September 7th, the night of a football match in Dublin between the Republic of Ireland and Englan
And it works both ways. Harris’s warmth towards the UK is being rewarded with a softening of Keir Starmer’s stance on a Border poll
The way he contested the leadership of Fine Gael with Leo Varadkar in 2017 won him many admirers
While the right-wing Tory factions meet to plan a ‘rebuild’, election winners gathered in parliament to be sworn in
To put it crudely, a big part of the appeal of Brexit was scale. It felt like a very big thing to do, just as, later in 2016, electing a celebrity non-politician to the White House felt big
New British PM Keir Starmer says he looks forward to ‘working closely’ with Simon Harris after years of post-Brexit strain
Raw politics and national interests will always triumph, but there is a basis for new Labour PM to work well with Ireland and Europe
Farage’s party got a bigger vote than the Liberal Democrats but ended up with 67 fewer seats
Bulk freight volumes at the port declined in 2023 amid soaring inflation
Make no mistake: A far-right government in France would be an earthquake for the EU
Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt
The judgments of 15 writers on an eventful run of Conservative governments are nearly always brutal
Part of the reason the British right and its media cheerleaders hate Sunak is that, in Brexit-related discussions, he abandoned the futile jingoistic posturing of his predecessors
Lamentations of onlookers about Broken Britain, total crisis and irreversible damage are hollow when you see what’s happening elsewhere in Europe
Enthusiasm peaks at a bar-fuelled gathering of supporters of insurgent party headed by Nigel Farage
Self-inflicted economic, diplomatic and strategic damage will be blamed on Rishi Sunak by Tory media and not on Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss or the Brexit-cheerleading media itself
Rachel Reeves, who is on course to become the first female chancellor of the exchequer, is eyeing economic growth and an improved trade deal with the EU
Financial services minister Neale Richmond has warned Britain it will not get ‘free pass’ on Brexit rules if Labour wins the UK election
Television: Englishman’s films burn with fierce moral conviction. That same decency has informed Puttnam’s feelings towards Ireland
Can a Labour government go far enough with constitutional reform to deflect renewed Scottish demands for independence?
Farage’s backing of Ian Paisley and Sammy Wilson described as ‘embarrassing’ for TUV leader Jim Allister
The fallen fund manager seemingly thought he was right about Brexit and almost every mainstream economist was wrong
Fund manager still refuses to accept any responsibility for collapse of his flagship fund
Countless politicians have tried to co-opt pop hits as campaign anthems
British Chambers of Commerce warns companies face ever higher costs stemming from Brexit
These are not harmless notions to drop into public discourse from the top of an ivory tower. Everyone involved should take more care
Things are looking up for Anglo-Irish relations. But Ireland’s diplomatic model has to work just as well with Tories as it does with a well-disposed Labour. Otherwise the country is exposed, reliant on the whims of personality
Labour leader says he is ‘acutely aware of the issues at play’ in Anglo-Irish relations
Chris Hayward recently began lobbying to set up a body like the IDA in the UK
Americans are turning against trade, and the government should have anticipated it before Brexit
Project faces ‘major challenges’ as costs spiral, National Audit Office warns
The UK’s former prime minister effervescent at a lunch in Westminster this week
Lorries carrying meat, cheese and cut flowers being held for long periods, reducing the shelf life of their goods and prompting retailers to reject some orders
New fiscal rules will make it much harder for finance ministers to spend recklessly
Mere deconstruction of national myths is insufficient. Slotkin points to the US’s New Deal and African-American civil rights movement as mythic mechanisms to potentially control America’s future
Online retailer yet to put a timeline on date of its launch
Gerard Lyons was once a contender for governor of the Bank of England. Now he wants it overhauled
Chakrabarti has an enviable writing style, her fluency matching her bewitching speaking skills
It is understood that most staff are being offered an opportunity to be redeployed
Department of Justice planning to take over immigration registration which could free up 100 additional officers for frontline work
Minister for Justice has not had the best seven days of her career, but there’s better news for Ossian Smyth
UK denies its stance on asylum seekers threatens agreement with Republic
European Union’s approach to an issue such as Gaza has been characterised more by member state division than unity
Irish academics offer insights into Ireland’s increasingly outward-looking place in the world as mediated through the EU and its institutions
The European Commission has proposed opening negotiations with the UK to allow mobility enjoyed before Brexit to millions of 18- to 30-year-olds in a major concession
Industry groups say lack of clarity leaves businesses unsure how to manage new rules due to start on April 30th
Taoiseach tells British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly Ireland is facing period of ‘extraordinary geopolitical uncertainty’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices