Tag: ireland
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Brexit(eer) Myths about Ireland
Brexiteers love their myths, especially about Ireland . Lets explore and explode them!
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Ireland – Not yet out of the economic woods
10 years on from the onset of the crisis we could take some time to take stock. The government is keen, as are many, to wipe it from memory – keep the recovery going. The recent undoubted recovery has softened memories for the most part. But if we forget the past we will sure as…
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Harden this border so…
Much talk this day on a hard, wet, soft, chewy…ok not that one… border. Tell me, harden this border will you, for me? Tell me where the border will be placed… The border is so twisty turny topsy turvey… This is a tiny part of the border, in Louth. It cuts through motorways (zig zagging)…
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The UK- EU border In Ireland – possible solutions
The UK doesn’t leave the Customs Union. By far the simplest. But the demented ideologues of Brexit see leaving the CU as the talismanic, totemic, ne plus ultra of Brexit. So that is a non starter A full hard militarised India-Pakistan, West Bank type border. Not going to happen. Ireland leaves the EU. Err no,…
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If you build them, they will come
Ireland has an opportunity to position itself as a leader in an emerging technology, or perhaps a reemerging one. All it takes is political vision, a willingness to face down some entrenched local vested interests and a desire to make a change. This of course means it wont happen, but we can dream!
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Irexit, EU Subsidies and Agriculture
Ireland, as we all know, is a predominantly agriculture country and the few bob we dont get by selling pigs and potatoes we get as handouts from the EU. Isnt that right? Hmm
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Batsh!t Britain’s Brexit Border Blues
So, having run on a campaign of “taking back control (of our borders)” the latest cunning plan to deal with its only actual EU border is for Brixitian to ….cede control of its border to another EU state. Yep. This is cracked. Humpty Dumpty , sorry James Brokenshire , the Secretary of State for Northern…
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Post Brexit will Irish citizens need a visa to go to the EU?
British citizens may have to apply online and pay to travel to Europe after the UK leaves the EU, under plans being drawn up by the bloc for a visa waiver programme similar to the US system.The European commission is due to unveil draft legislation for the EU travel information and authorisation system (Etias) later…
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Enda’s Brexit Dilemmas
Enda faces a set of interlocking and mutually incompatible dilemmas regarding Ireland and the post Brexit EU. In the negotiations he faces a number of problems.
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Ireland : A picture of health
Health appeared as a big issue in the election. A common tendency is to say “sure we cant keep throwing money at it!” This presumes, of course, that we have been. And we are “we”. Some we’s are spending more. Theres a creeping privatisation at work from the OECD data.