Why is the Irish border 'backstop' such a big deal?

Irish Standard Time — Friday, December 14, 2018

Why is the Irish border 'backstop' such a big deal?
- One of the big fears in the Brexit debate is that Britain's departure from the EU will mean the reintroduction of border posts on the frontier ...

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People with underlying health conditions moved up vaccine priority list

Irish Standard Time — Thursday, February 25, 2021

“The primary aim of Ireland's Covid-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy remains the same. We are continuing to vaccinate those who are most likely to ... View article...

Department, drug companies in two-month deadlock over drug prices

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Department, drug companies in two-month deadlock over drug prices : THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH and the body representing pharmaceutical manufacturers in Ireland remain deadlocked in talks for a new agreement on drug prices – almost two months after the previous deal expired. The Irish Medical News reports that the last ...

Ireland needs a new kind of opposition

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, July 01, 2020

That prospect might today cheer more people than it offends but it will be utterly irrelevant to others. The idea also depends on how successful this ... View article...

Irish people in stitches at man's 'nonsensical' bag of shopping after drunken trip to Centra ...

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, February 09, 2022

Irish people have been hailing the shopping basket of items purchased by one man after a trip to the pub over the weekend. View article...

Rachel Weisz to play Elizabeth Taylor in new biopic shedding light on her AIDS activism

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, October 30, 2019

In 2015, Taylor's friend and confidante Kathy Ireland revealed that she ran a Dallas Buyers Club-style HIV medication network out of her home. View article...

Archaeologists bowled over by Fermanagh bog finds

Irish Standard Time — Monday, December 03, 2012

Archaeologists bowled over by Fermanagh bog finds Archaeologists have hit the jackpot with the first crannog to have been dug up in Northern Ireland in 50 years — saying the internationally important find is rewriting our understanding of Ulster's history. Normally the approach taken is to avoid ...

Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize in literature

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 06, 2023

It is used by just 10% of Norway's 5.4 million people, according to the Language Council of Norway , but completely intelligible alongside the other ... View article...

London's handling of Brexit talks 'chaotic at best' – Scottish minister

Irish Standard Time — Monday, December 04, 2017

London's handling of Brexit talks 'chaotic at best' – Scottish minister - The Scottish government recognised the “unique position” Ireland finds itself in as a result of Brexit, she said, and supported the Irish Government's position that there should be no hard Border. “A point that is apparently lost on far too many people in the United Kingdom is that the Irish Border is not just ...

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