The difference between Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar on UK-Irish relations goes beyond tone
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
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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
Financial services minister Neale Richmond has warned Britain it will not get ‘free pass’ on Brexit rules if Labour wins the UK election
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
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
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
These are not harmless notions to drop into public discourse from the top of an ivory tower. Everyone involved should take more care
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
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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