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BREXIT: The Brexit withdrawal agreement is dividing opinions in the UK after Theresa May's cabinet signed off on it yesterday.

IRELAND: The Government’s fundamental position in relation to the Brexit backstop is reflected and protected in the draft Brexit deal agreed in Brussels, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

IRELAND: Children in one of the country’s four special care residential centres...
source: Irish Examiner

2018-11-15 10:04

  • The House of Commons has got a new group (not party), so what will it mean for Brexit votes?

    Chuka Umunna MP made that plea this morning as he and six other MPs confirmed they were leaving the Labour party to form a new political grouping.

    Not a political party mind, but a parliamentary grouping that will be known as The Independent Group. 

    Smaller independent party

    TheJournal 2019-02-18 18:43

  • Facebook censured by House of Commons digital committee

    Facebook intentionally breached data privacy and competition law and should be subject to a new regulator to protect democracy and citizens’ rights, British politicians said on Monday.

    They also castigated other big tech companies in a damning report that singled out Facebook chief

    Irish Times 2019-02-19 03:25

  • The struggle to contain ebola in the heart of a ravaged land

    Caroline O’Doherty speaks with an Irish aid worker in one of Africa’s most volatile regions that has been hit with an outbreak of the ebola virus

    [timgcap=Dubliner Mark Johnson, is working for Concern to try to help tackle the ebola crisis in

    Irish Examiner today 00:25

  • Air France and KLM agree to closer ties as they end power struggle

    Air France and KLM have reached a compromise on tightening ties between the airlines, ending a power struggle that had alarmed the Dutch government, staff and shareholders.

    Air France also secured a salary agreement with pilots after protracted conflicts, including strikes last year that

    BreakingNews.ie yesterday 10:40

  • Air France and KLM agree to closer ties as they end power struggle

    Air France and KLM have reached a compromise on tightening ties between the airlines, ending a power struggle that had alarmed the Dutch government, staff and shareholders.

    Air France also secured a salary agreement with pilots after protracted conflicts, including strikes last year that

    Irish Examiner yesterday 10:46
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