The former leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Arlene Foster, and four MPs have been knighted by the Queen. Foster, 51, was the First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2017 and again—after three years of political deadlock with Sinn Fein—between January 2020 and January 2021. She quit as leader of the…
UK Minister Meets With US Delegate Amid Northern Ireland Tensions
British International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan met Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) on Saturday amid tensions over the post-Brexit deal with Northern Ireland. The head of the powerful ways and means committee in the U.S. House of Representatives also spoke with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on Saturday and was due to meet Foreign Secretary Liz Truss….
Conditional Amnesty Bill for Northern Ireland Shows ‘Hole’ in Good Friday Agreement: Expert
The British government’s latest attempt to deal with more than 1,000 unsolved killings during The Troubles in Northern Ireland has highlighted a “hole” in the Good Friday Agreement, says a leading expert on conflict resolution. Duncan Morrow, a politics professor and director of community engagement at Ulster University, said there was “suspicion” the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy…
Northern Ireland ‘Political Instability Gives Legitimacy’ to Paramilitary Groups, MPs Told
Paramilitary groups are likely to be thrive on the “political instability” surrounding the Northern Ireland Protocol and the impasse at Stormont after the Democratic Unionist Party refused to join the governing executive, MPs have been told. The DUP has refused to take up positions in the Northern Ireland Executive in protest at the post-Brexit trade…
UK to Introduce Law Overriding Northern Ireland Protocol of Brexit Trade Deal
The UK government is set to introduce new legislation overwriting parts of the post-Brexit trade deal on Northern Ireland, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced on Tuesday amid protests from opposition parties and the European Union. In a statement to the House of Commons, Truss said the new law will put in place the necessary measures…
Northern Ireland Business Community Voices Concerns Over Political Uncertainty
Business leaders in Northern Ireland have expressed concerns over the continuing political uncertainty following Thursday’s local elections and have called for the reestablishment of a fully functioning government for the region. Northern Ireland has not had a functioning local government since February, when the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), then the largest party in the regional…
Norther Ireland Business Community Voices Concerns Over Political Uncertainty
Business leaders in Northern Ireland have expressed concerns over the continuing political uncertainty following Thursday’s local elections and have called for the reestablishment of a fully functioning government for the region. Northern Ireland has not had a functioning local government since February, when the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), then the largest party in the regional…
DUP Under Pressure in Northern Ireland as Sinn Fein Tops Poll
The Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said he was “amused” at talk of Sinn Fein pushing a border poll to bring about a united Ireland after the Irish nationalist party—formerly the political wing of the Provisional IRA—became the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s assembly. Martin said: “The whole campaign was on cost of living, on…
Sinn Fein Becomes Biggest Party in Northern Ireland Assembly
Sinn Fein, an Irish nationalist political party which has links to the Irish Republican Army (IRA), has won a historic victory by becoming the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time. In last week’s UK local elections, Sinn Fein won 27 of the 90 seats in the Stormont assembly, beating the…
Judge Suspends Northern Ireland Minister’s Order to End Sea Border Checks
A High Court judge in Northern Ireland has suspended an order from a unionist minister to end port checks required under the UK–EU agreement on post-Brexit trade. Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots, a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), issued a unilateral direction on Feb. 2, instructing his officials to stop the agri-food…
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