Sweepa
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- Northern Ireland
A terrorist and a peacemaker. Love him or hate him, he was the driving force behind peace.
What is the future for Northern Ireland
- Thread starter IANTO
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Not sure he was THE driving force certainly "A" driving force within the Ira/sf side of things. Their where many cogs in the wheel on all sides.
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- Beragh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39401488
Northern Ireland power-sharing deadline set to expire
Northern Ireland power-sharing deadline set to expire
Boohoo
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- Newtownabbey
Sinn Fein will bring down Stormont for good, they have no interest in sharing power because it isn't getting them to their main aim. Their next step will be to push for joint authority and if they don't get that they'll happily accept direct rule although they'll never admit it publicly.
SF worked well with Paisley and Robinson. Disagreements yes, but functional enough to make a coalition administration work.
AF is the difference between then and now. She doesn't have the grip and control on her party that her predecessors had.
Sweepa
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- Northern Ireland
Sinn fein are determined to collapse the whole bloody country. To hell with ordinary people and their lives. The dup are no better mind you.
Sweepa
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- Northern Ireland
Can u imagine ni without sinn fein and the dup, things might get done!!!
- Location
- Beragh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39424785
Civil servant David Sterling takes over Stormont budget
Civil servant David Sterling takes over Stormont budget
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- Beragh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
I believe in recent times Spain had a civil servant controlling their budget/expenditure while the various political parties/factions sorted out an agreement. Couple of months at least I think.
The EU is stirring the pot again today. Two proposals have come to light.
Firstly the EU has clearly said that a United Ireland will seamlessly join / remain in the EU. It is merely an existing member expanding its territory and not a new country seeking first time membership. Such language is only going to inflame tensions in NI.
Secondly they have laid out the order for negotiations with the UK. Tusk reiterates Merkel's comments that the past must be sorted out before the future relationship is addressed. In a letter to the EU nations, excluding the UK, Tusk has stated
"Before discussing our future, we must first sort out our past," he said, listing three priorities
- On EU citizens living in the UK, he called for "effective, enforceable, non-discriminatory and comprehensive" guarantees
- The UK must fulfil all its financial obligations agreed as an EU member state
- A deal must be reached "to avoid a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland"
Only after the above three points are sorted will the EU address the future relationship with the UK and any trade deals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39742949
This is the height of stupidity - putting the horse before the cart to use an agricultural saying. Tusk wants the UK/Irish border sorted before we know if it is a hard Brexit that even needs the border to be addressed.
Given the past comments Gibraltar, it seems the EU are now moving on to NI to try and make as much trouble as possible for the UK. It appears the EU is going to use every dirty trick they can think of to try and prevent the UK from leaving. They should have tried harder when Cameron sought amendments to our relationship back before the referendum.
The EU's approach could backfire badly if the UK gives a Churchillian salute to the EU and walks away.
Firstly the EU has clearly said that a United Ireland will seamlessly join / remain in the EU. It is merely an existing member expanding its territory and not a new country seeking first time membership. Such language is only going to inflame tensions in NI.
Secondly they have laid out the order for negotiations with the UK. Tusk reiterates Merkel's comments that the past must be sorted out before the future relationship is addressed. In a letter to the EU nations, excluding the UK, Tusk has stated
"Before discussing our future, we must first sort out our past," he said, listing three priorities
- On EU citizens living in the UK, he called for "effective, enforceable, non-discriminatory and comprehensive" guarantees
- The UK must fulfil all its financial obligations agreed as an EU member state
- A deal must be reached "to avoid a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland"
Only after the above three points are sorted will the EU address the future relationship with the UK and any trade deals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39742949
This is the height of stupidity - putting the horse before the cart to use an agricultural saying. Tusk wants the UK/Irish border sorted before we know if it is a hard Brexit that even needs the border to be addressed.
Given the past comments Gibraltar, it seems the EU are now moving on to NI to try and make as much trouble as possible for the UK. It appears the EU is going to use every dirty trick they can think of to try and prevent the UK from leaving. They should have tried harder when Cameron sought amendments to our relationship back before the referendum.
The EU's approach could backfire badly if the UK gives a Churchillian salute to the EU and walks away.
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- Northern Ireland
I am no Arlene foster fan, but she is doing more to reach out to "the other side" at the moment than Michelle O'Neil has ever done?(indeed she seems to have no interest in reaching out)
JohnGalway
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- Connemara, Ireland
David McWilliams view on NI today.
http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/2017/...n-of-the-north-in-2024-might-yet-come-to-pass
http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/2017/...n-of-the-north-in-2024-might-yet-come-to-pass
Sweepa
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- Northern Ireland
A united ireland in the long term would make economic sense, but would unionists/loyalists ever be convinced it to vote for it?
JohnGalway
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- Location
- Connemara, Ireland
I think once the economics of the arrangement would be thrust into the public spotlight, no amount of Michael Collins reruns would get the voters of the Republic to go for it. Money isn't everything but it's better than being broke.
One man I've little time for was on radio yesterday, Bertie Ahern, said if people wanted trouble in the north again, then voting for a united Ireland once the demographics gave Nationalists & Republicans a majority would be a good way of getting that.
Sweepa
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- Northern Ireland
Should a united ireland happen, the troubles 2.0 will happen. No doubt.
DUP ... dark money ........ handsome Saudi Arabian prince 
........ whatever is the world coming to at all I wonder
http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/w...e-dup-dark-money-and-a-saudi-prince-1.3083586
........ whatever is the world coming to at all I wonderhttp://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/w...e-dup-dark-money-and-a-saudi-prince-1.3083586
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DUP ... dark money ........ handsome Saudi Arabian prince
http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/w...e-dup-dark-money-and-a-saudi-prince-1.3083586
Interesting article. But why are the DUP so pro Brexit, doesn't really make any sense to me being an outsider as the damage to NI is likely to be considerable.
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- Beragh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
The DUP would always have been broadly "eurosceptic".