An journalist was killed after shots were fired during a “terrorist incident”in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry overnight. As soon as the violence erupted police said it was likely the act of militant nationalists opposed to the British region’s 1998 peace deal. Death in Creggan area on Thursday night being treated as ‘terrorist incident’…
Tag: Good Friday Agreement
Varadkar blames Brexit undermining ‘Good Friday’
Brexit has undermined the Good Friday Agreement which ended thirty years of violence in Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said. Leo Varadkar: Brexit 'undermined' the Good Friday Agreement https://t.co/i22Sijlyu4 — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 3, 2018 “Brexit has undermined the Good Friday Agreement and is fraying the relationship between Britain and Ireland,”…
MEP Carver: no politician calls for Irish ‘hard border’
James CARVER MEP (UKIP) reflects upon visit of Irish Prime minister Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to Strasbourg. The speech of Irish head of government at European Parliament plenary and a subsequent exchange of views with MEPs has been marked by Euro enthusiastic stance, and demonstrated a good will to continue a path of further integration into the…
Safeguarding Good Friday Agreement
“On Ireland and Northern Ireland, Michel gave credit to this, our coordinators have met again to build on discussions in July” – said the UK top negotiator David Davis, following the third round of Brexit talks in Brussels. “We had a good discussion on maintaining the Common Travel Area and on safeguarding the Good Friday Agreement, on…