Tag: Northern Ireland

• Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 08:54 UTC

  UK, EU reach “Windsor” deal to tackle post-Brexit Ireland crack

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Monday clinched in principle a deal on Northern Ireland, one of the biggest wounds Brexit had left open, it was reported.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Lecture on Falklands Liberation Anniversary at Queen's University in Belfast

  

  As part of the Falkland Islands' 40th anniversary year of events in the UK, a delegation from Falkland House visited Belfast and Northern Ireland.

• Wednesday, October 12th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  The Falkland Islands and forty years of progress: environment and science

  

  Queen’s University, Belfast, will be hosting a very special academic event dedicated to “The Falkland Islands and Forty Years of Progress: environment and science”, to be held on 20 October at the Elmwood Building, School of Natural and Built Environment, in the Northern Ireland capital.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Another challenge for UK unity: latest census shows Catholics are a majority in Northern Ireland

  

  For the first time in the century of its existence, Northern Ireland has more residents who identify as Catholic than those calling themselves Protestants, a census has shown, according to results published on Thursday.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Charles III and Queen Consort visit Northern Ireland

  

  King Charles III will make his first visit to Northern Ireland as monarch on Tuesday, as part of a tour of the UK. He will meet Stormont's party leaders and receive a message of condolence from the speaker of the assembly.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Changes to Northern Ireland Protocol by London could lead to a trade war, warns Brussels

  

  The European Union has announced that it will respond with all measures at its disposal if the British government pushes ahead with unilateral changes to the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. UK has said it wants to change the legally binding treaty that it signed less than two years ago.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 19:51 UTC

  The delicate political situation in Ireland: Good Friday agreement hangs on a thread

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – Four months ago, Jonathan Powell warned that the Good Friday agreement of 1998 that ended 30 years of killing in Northern Ireland was at risk.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Pro Ireland unity Sinn Fein wants to form a government this week; UK, US, Ireland call for caution

  

  Sinn Fein, the Irish nationalist party that wants Northern Ireland out of British rule to create a united Ireland, has won for the first time the largest number of seats in the Belfast legislature, (27 out of 90) and announced that on Monday will be going to Stormont seat of the region's assembly to form a government. Meantime the governments of UK, US and Ireland have called on all parties to agree on a new administration.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Possible bag of surprises for Johnson and Northern Ireland at local and regional elections

  

  People across the United Kingdom headed to the polls on Thursday for local and regional elections in a vote that will indicate the mood of the British public midway through the first full term of Boris Johnson's premiership.

• Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Brexit trade protocol leads to Northern Ireland First Minister resignation

  

  Northern Ireland's First Minister Paul Givan Thursday handed in his resignation citing discrepancies regarding Brexit protocols. As a consequence of his decision, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill also leaves her position as Deputy First Minister, due to the existing power-sharing arrangements dating back to 1998.