Why Theresa May's customs union defeat could ultimately save her premiership

Irish Standard Time — Friday, April 20, 2018

Why Theresa May's customs union defeat could ultimately save her premiership
- May's commitment to leave the customs union is one of the thorniest in the entire Brexit process, clashing as it does with her commitment to avoiding a hard border in Northern Ireland. A hard border would be hugely damaging both for the integrity of the United Kingdom as well as for May personally

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Irish young scientists win a top award at European event

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Irish young scientists win a top award at European event - Their win entitled them to compete in the European Contest representing Ireland . The competition was intense with 120 students from 38 countries taking part.

Irish people still claim sightings of Virgin Mary in sky in 1985 were legitimate

Irish Standard Time — Monday, April 15, 2019

Irish people still claim sightings of Virgin Mary in sky in 1985 were legitimate - In 1985, Ireland was gripped by moving statues from Ballinspittle to Stradbally with hundreds of thousands of people gathering at grottos in the belief ...

Ireland adopts resolution condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine as 'act of genocide'

Irish Standard Time — Friday, June 03, 2022

Irish Senator Mark Daly stated that Ireland Senate has adopted a resolution condemning Russia's military assault in war-torn Ukraine as an 'act of ... View article...

Teenager being quizzed by detectives over botched tiger kidnapping

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Teenager being quizzed by detectives over botched tiger kidnapping Gardai are hunting for a second assailant after the youth was arrested in Limerick when two other teens were abducted at gunpoint. The pair were in a house ... Kate Beckinsale Interview. Louis Walsh and Kate Beckinsale at the Irish Premiere of Total ...

We know what conservative populism is now thanks to Brexit and Trump, this is progressive ...

Irish Standard Time — Monday, April 16, 2018

We know what conservative populism is now thanks to Brexit and Trump, this is progressive ... - But here it can also includes artists expressing the Irish post-colonial experience of living in a country that was once under British rule and still dealing with the after effects of that almost 100 years after independence. For Rollefson – who emigrated to Ireland from the US four years ago – similar themes ..

Man acquitted of teenager's murder

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Man acquitted of teenager's murder : A man accused of murdering a Nigerian teenager on Good Friday two years ago has been acquitted of the charge after the trial judge directed the jury to find him not guilty. Mr Justice Barry White also directed the jury to find the 26-year-old man not ... Irish Times

Nazi SS teacher who fled to Ireland after being sentenced to death for rounding up Jews in ...

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 06, 2023

He was sentenced to death in France after the war before fleeing to Ireland in 1945 where he taught French at St Conleth's College in Dublin from 1957 ... View article...

3% of Ireland's farmland and 1.3m cattle needed to meet AD target

Irish Standard Time — Friday, April 21, 2023

It's expected around 20 large-scale anaerobic digesters will be built in Ireland by 2025, and up to 200 by 2030. View article...

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